Meanings
plural galliots · alternative galiot · alternative obsolete galiote
- nauticalA light galley.
The Holy See received 19 galleys and two galliots, Spain was given 58 galleys and six galliots, while the Venetian share was 39 galleys and four galliots.
1984, Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, page 10592 more examples
Having seen the minutes of the proceedings on the capture of the galliot the Betsy of Washington, North Carolina, captain Reynold Brown, taken the 5th of this month by the French privateer le Poisson Volant (Flying Fish) captain Thomas de Haunot—[…].
1815, State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States: 1797, page 511The galliots averaged about three hundred tons, and their cargo of Japanese silver must have equaled that carried by the Santa Catarina—that is, in excess of 1 million cruzados' worth.
2007, James C. Boyajian, Portuguese Trade in Asia Under the Habsburgs, 1580–1640, page 159
Origin
- Frenchgaliote
- Englishgalliot
From French galiote, from Italian galeotta, diminutive of galea; see also galley, jolly boat.
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Catalan galiota
- galiotalight galley
Finnish kaljuutti
- kaljuuttilight galley
Hebrew גַאלְיוֹט
- גַאלְיוֹט (galyot)light galley
Portuguese galeota
- galeotalight galley
Spanish galeota
- galeotalight galley
Tagalog galyota
- galyotalight galley
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galliot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galliot
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