galiot
Sign in to saveAlso known as galliot, galiote
thumb|The Spanish xebec of [[Antonio Barceló (center) fighting two Algerian galiotes (1738)]] thumb|A Dutch galiot from Willaumez's Dictionnaire de la Marine in the 17th century thumb|250px|18th century half galleys. A galiot, galliot or galiote, was a small galley boat propelled by sail or oars. There are three different types of naval galiots that sailed on different seas.
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thumb|The Spanish xebec of [[Antonio Barceló (center) fighting two Algerian galiotes (1738)]] thumb|A Dutch galiot from Willaumez's Dictionnaire de la Marine in the 17th century thumb|250px|18th century half galleys. A galiot, galliot or galiote, was a small galley boat propelled by sail or oars. There are three different types of naval galiots that sailed on different seas.
A galiote was a type of French flat-bottom river boat or barge and also a flat-bottomed boat with a simple sail for transporting wine.
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