ALL meanings of galleon
gal·le·on
G g - noun galleon a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts. 1
- noun galleon A sailing ship in use (especially by Spain) from the 15th through 17th centuries, originally as a warship, later for trade. Galleons were mainly square-rigged and usually had three or more decks and masts. 1
- noun galleon large seagoing ship 1
- countable noun galleon A galleon is a sailing ship with three masts. Galleons were used mainly in the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. 0
- noun galleon a large sailing ship having three or more masts, lateen-rigged on the after masts and square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast, used as a warship or trader from the 15th to the 18th centuries 0
- noun galleon a large sailing ship with three or four masts and a high forecastle and stern, developed in the 15th and 16th cent., and used as both a warship and a trader 0
- noun galleon (nautical) A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks. 0