gal·le·ass (g l  -s , - s)n. Nautical A large, fast, heavily armed three-masted Mediterranean galley of the 16th and 17th centuries. [French galeasse, from Old French, from Old Italian galeaza, augmentative of galea, galley, from Old Provençal or Catalan; see galley.] |
galleass, galliass [ˈgælɪˌæs]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a three-masted lateen-rigged galley used as a warship in the Mediterranean from the 15th to the 18th centuries
[from French galleasse, from Italian galeazza, from galea galley]
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