Found 2 items, similar to galeas.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: galea galea n : an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum [also: galeae (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: galeas Galleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal['e]asse, gal['e]ace; cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See Galley.] (Naut.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley. [Written variously galeas, gallias, etc.] [1913 Webster] Note: “The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships.” --Motley.