quadrireme
See also: quadrirème
English
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editquadrireme (plural quadriremes)
- (history) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
- 1980, Colin Thubron, Seafarers: The Venetians, page 121:
- During three decades of peace the Venetian battle fleet had stagnated, but soon, once again, reserve galleys were pushing out of the Arsenal. A colossal quadrireme constructed by the scholar-turned-shipwright Vettor Fausto was loaded with batteries of cannon.
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editgalley with four banks of oars
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Italian
editPronunciation
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editquadrireme f (plural quadriremi)
Latin
editNoun
editquadrirēme
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