Galleon
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A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, oftenhaving three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term isoften rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.The gallens . . . were huge, round-stemmed, clumsy vessels, withbulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem and stern,like castels. Motley.
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Possibly the single most horrible video game ever created. Such are the extent of its failings that it is now used to describe a botched job or error of epic proportions. Sometimes also used to describe violent torture.
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Old wooden sailing ship.
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a large sailing ship with three or four masts , used both in trade and war from the 15th to the 18th centuries
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