galleon

English - Turkish

Definition of galleon in English Turkish dictionary: {i} büyük İspanyol gemisi; eskiden özel likle ispanyollar tarafından kullanılan yel kenli ve kürekli bir çeşit harp gemisi; kalyon; i kalyon; büyük ıspanyol gemisi

English - English

Definition of galleon in English English dictionary: A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks; {n} a large ship having four or five decks; A galleon is a sailing ship with three masts. Galleons were used mainly in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. a sailing ship used mainly by the Spanish from the 15th to the 17th century (galeón, from galie; GALLEY); A large, three-masted sailing ship generally having two or more decks and used mostly during the 15th and 16th century as a merchantman or warship; high-sided galley, raised at the bow and stern, capable of carrying up to 30 large and 30 small cannons, with 4 masts, two square and two Latin; A type of ship common in the 16th to 18th centuries The English ships against the Spanish Armada were mostly galleons; A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce; (English) A large ship for oceanic travel; the galleon was used extensively in the trade between Asia and Spanish America; The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel; {i} large sailing ship (used from 15th to 17th century as a warship or merchant ship); A gold piece of wizard money; A large ship of the type used by the Spanish in the sixteenth century; 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
galleons: plural of galleon

galleon

Hyphenation

gal·le·on

gäliın

/ˈgalēən/ /ˈɡæliːən/

[ 'ga-lE-&n ] (noun.) 1529. Old Spanish galeón, from Middle French galion, from Old French galie.

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