Associations to the word «Galleon»

Pictures for the word «Galleon»

Wiktionary

GALLEON, noun. (nautical) A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

Dictionary definition

GALLEON, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats