galliot noun. ['galɪǝt] Also galiot. ME.
[Old & mod. French galiote (in sense 2 through Dutch galjoot), from Italian galeotta (Spanish & Portuguese galeota) dim. of medieval Latin galea GALLEY: see -OT¹.]
1. Hist. A small fast (esp. Spanish or Mediterranean) single-masted galley. ME.

2. A Dutch single-masted cargo boat or fishing boat. Also (more fully galliot yacht, galliot hoy) any of various small vessels resembling this boat. M17.

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