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† gallivat Obs.
Forms: 7 gellywat(te, 8 galleywat(t, gallevat, 8–9 gallivat.
[ad. Pg. galeota through East Indian channels: cf. galliot1.]
A large boat used in the Eastern seas, having a triangular sail as well as oars.
1613Downton in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 501 As soone as I anchored, I sent..Master Spooner, and Samuell Squire in my Gellywatte to sound the depths within the sands. 1756Gentl. Mag. XXVI. 620 A number of vessels called galley-wats, about the size of our Gravesend tilt-boat, carrying six swivel guns, and 60 men. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. II. 41 The gallivats are large row-boats, built like grabs, but of smaller dimensions, the largest seldom exceeding seventy tons. 1862Beveridge Hist. India I. iii. vii. 510 The gallivats..combined the double advantage of sailing and row boats. |