galliot
English
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Etymology
From French galiote, from Italian galeotta, diminutive of galea; see also galley, jolly boat.[1]
Noun
galliot (plural galliots)
- (nautical) A light galley.
- 1815, State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States: 1797, page 511,
- 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 511,
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References
- "galliot, galiot", entry in 1967, Ernest Weekley, An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, page 618.
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