Definition of Galeon
Gal"le*on (?), n. [Sp. galeon,
cf. F. galion; fr. LL. galeo, galio. See
Galley.] (Naut.) A sailing vessel of the 15th and
following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for
war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to
any large sailing vessel.
The galleons . . . were huge, round-stemmed,
clumsy vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up
at stem and stern, like castles. Motley.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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