Gallivat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gallivat is a noun meaning (nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
Meaning
(nautical) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
Example Sentences
[They] found them next Morning out of Sight, excepting a Ketch and some few Gallivats, (small sort of Vessels something like the Feluccas of the Mediterranean, and hoists, like them, triangular Sails.)
1812, Alexander Chalmers, The General Biographical Dictionary Volume 18, on Sir William James At one time when he had near seventy sail under his protection, he was assailed by a large fleet of Angria’s frigates and gallivats […]
Word Forms
- gallivats
- galbat
- galivat
- gallevat
- gallowet
- gallouet
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include galbat, grab, galley, sanguicel, dghaisa, galleon.
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