Definition of Galiot. Meaning of Galiot. Synonyms of Galiot

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Definition of Galiot

Galiot
Galiot Gal"i*ot, n. [OE. galiote, F. galiote. See Galley.] (Naut.) (a) A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers. (b) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail.

Meaning of Galiot from wikipedia

- A galiot, galliot or galiote, was a small galley boat propelled by sail or oars. There are three different types of naval galiots that sailed on different...
- Antoine Jean Galiot Mandat (7 May 1731, in the outskirts of Paris – 10 August 1792, on the steps of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris), known as the Marquis de...
- Ángel Alarcón Galiot (born 15 May 2004) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Portugal 2 side Porto B. Born in Castelldefels...
- (29 Nivôse, Year II), were known as the Galiot Drownings (French: Noyades des galiotes). Two-masted Dutch galiotssmall trade shipsmoored in Nantes...
- France. Built between 1518 and 1535, the château was commissioned by Jacques Galiot de Genouillac (1465–1546), Grand Squire of France under King François I...
- Santa Ysabel (the Almiranta), the smaller frigate Santa Catalina and the galiot San Felipe left Callao on 9 April 1595. Spirits were high in the first month...
- Emperor Francis I. Endersch also made a copper etching that depicted a galiot that had been built in Elbing in 1738 and was named D' Stadt Elbing (German...
- blockading Tripoli until they noticed a large Tripolitan galiot sailing towards the city. The galiot was carrying a cargo of wheat. The US ships began sailing...
- The first USS Intrepid was a captured ketch rigged galiot in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War. Intrepid was built in France in 1798...
- some angle to this class of ships (a small dispatch vessel, also called a galiot). The first European explorers to sight the island, the Portuguese, called...