noun
- A large, heavily armed sailing ship used in the 16th and 17th centuries, typically with both sails and oars.
Usage: nautical; historical; also spelled galeass
Examples
- The Spanish fleet included several galleys and galeas vessels during the Age of Exploration.
- A galeas combined the speed of a sailing ship with the maneuverability of a galley.
- The galeas was a formidable warship that dominated Mediterranean naval warfare in the Renaissance.