GALÉASSE, a galleasse, or great galley of Venice.

GALERE, a row-galley.

GALERE patrone, the second of the gallies of France, Tuscany and Malta.

GALERIE, the gallery or balcony of a ship's stern, or quarter.

GALERIES du fond de cale, certain passages formed close to the ceiling in the hold of a ship of war, for the discovery of leaks. See ACCOURSIE.

Fausse GALERIES, the badges of the quarters in a small ship.

GALET, a sea-coast abounding with flints.

GALETTE, round and flat sea-biscuit.

GALION, a galleon, or Spanish ship of war of the Indian fleet.

GALIOTE, a half-galley; also a Dutch fishing vessel.

GALIOTE à bombes, a bomb-ketch.

GALIOTE servant de yacht d'avis, a packet or advice-boat.

GALOCHE, a snatch-block; also a hole made in the coamings of a hatchway, wherein the cable lies when the hatches are laid.

GALOCHE likewise implies the stock or frame into which the feet of the sheet-kevels are fixed upon the ship's side.

GAMBES de hune, the futtock-shrouds.

GAMELLE, a bowl or platter to hold the sailor's victuals; also a mess or company of seamen who eat together.

Etre à la GAMELLE. See ETRE, &c.

GANTERIAS. See BARRES de hune.

GARANT, a tackle-fall, or the part upon which the labourers pull in hoisting, &c.

GARBIN, the south-west wind, in the dialect of Provence.

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