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单词 row-galley
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row-galleyn.

Brit. /ˈrəʊˌɡali/, U.S. /ˈroʊˌɡæli/
Forms: see row v.1 and galley n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: row v.1, galley n.
Etymology: < row v.1 + galley n. Compare Dutch roeigalei (1646 in roey-gelayken , with diminutive suffix). Compare earlier rowboat n. and row barge n.
Now historical.
A galley moved or propelled by oars.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > galley
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1513 Sir. E. Howard Let. 12 Apr. in Publ. Navy Records Soc. X. 124 The Lyzard, the..rowgaleys and rowbarges went in to them with the flood.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 326 A rowgaylay weil furnist.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vi. 202 Two Row-gallies of thirty-six oars a-piece.
1795 Ld. Nelson Let. 7 Feb. in Dispatches (1845) II. 5 The Enemy would have had the Ports of this Island full of Row-galleys.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. v. 87 It is a galley, sir—one of the row gallies—I can make out her bank of oars.
1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. x. 174 Two British ships..captured or destroyed the four American row-galleys in the river.
1941 F. F. Van de Water Reluctant Republic ii. viii. 142 Colonel Skene's row galley was moored off Willow Point.
1977 J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family 81 Row-galleys were long single or half decked boats with a low free-board. Usually they were propelled by oars, but they also carried spars and sails.
2008 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 12 If the Marine Committee..had supplied even a dozen or so row-galleys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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