An ancient Greek or Roman galley rowed by oarsmen arranged in groups of five, perhaps with three banks of oars, one above the other, the top two…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > galley > with specific number of banks of oars (10) quinquereme1553 An ancient Greek or Roman galley rowed by oarsmen arranged in groups of five, perhaps with three banks of oars, one above the other, the top two… quadrireme1587 An ancient Greek or Roman galley having four rowers for each set of oars. trireme1601 An ancient galley (originally Greek, afterwards also Roman) with three ranks of oars one above another, used chiefly as a ship of war. pentereme1656 = quinquereme, n. Also as adj. (attributive). biremea1680 A galley having two banks of oars. unireme1699 An ancient vessel or galley with one bank of oars on both sides. Cf. trireme, n. octeresa1703 An ancient ship, perhaps with either eight rowers to each oar or with four rowers to each oar and two banks of oars. octoreme1799 An ancient ship, perhaps one with eight rowers to each oar. (In quot. 1890 humorously: an eight-oared boat.) Cf. quinquereme, n. triaconter1859 an ancient Greek galley with thirty oars. Subcategories:— oarage of galley (1) |
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