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