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Galleon vs. Galley

Galleon and Galley Definitions

Galleon

A large three-masted sailing ship with a square rig and usually two or more decks, used in the 1500s, 1600s, and 1700s, especially by Spain as a merchant ship or warship.

Galley

A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.

Galleon

A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

Galley

An ancient Mediterranean seagoing vessel propelled by oars.

Galleon

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.

Galley

A large rowboat formerly used by British customs officers.
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Galleon

A large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

Galley

The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.

Galley

A long, usually metal tray, used for assembling lines of printers' type in composing proofs and pages.

Galley

A proof made with printer's type before page composition to allow for the detection and correction of errors.

Galley

A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

Galley

(British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
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Galley

(nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

Galley

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Galley

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Galley

(printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

Galley

(printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

Galley

(heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
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Galley

A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

Galley

The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; - sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Galley

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Galley

An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

Galley

A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

Galley

(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

Galley

The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

Galley

The area for food preparation on a ship

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