'Galleon' definitions:
Definition of 'galleon'
(from WordNet)
noun
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
Definition of 'Galleon'
From: GCIDE
- Galleon \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'galleon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bark,
- bawley,
- bilander,
- brig,
- brigantine,
- bully,
- buss,
- caravel,
- cat,
- catamaran,
- clipper,
- corsair,
- corvette,
- cutter,
- dandy,
- dhow,
- dromond,
- fishing smack,
- flattie,
- four-masted bark,
- four-master,
- frigate,
- galiot,
- galleass,
- hooker,
- hoy,
- ice yacht,
- junk,
- keelboat,
- ketch,
- knockabout,
- lateen,
- lateener,
- lorcha,
- lugger,
- nobby,
- ocean racer,
- outrigger,
- pilot boat,
- pinnace,
- piragua,
- pirogue,
- pram,
- pungy,
- racing yacht,
- rigger,
- sailing auxiliary,
- sailing canoe,
- sailing dinghy,
- sailing packet,
- sailing trawler,
- sampan,
- sandbagger,
- schooner,
- scooter,
- shallop,
- sharpie,
- shipentine,
- skipjack,
- sloop,
- smack,
- smack boat,
- snow,
- tartan,
- topsail schooner,
- trimaran,
- well smack,
- whaler,
- wool-clipper,
- xebec,
- yacht,
- yawl