Home › Words › G › gallivatgallivatgallivat · noun — A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyProbably from Portuguese galeota. Compare English galiot, galley.nounA small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.galliot 77% match — A light galley. vs gallivat →galleass 74% match — A type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails. vs gallivat →baggala 67% match — A traditional two-masted sailing vessel, used in the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf. vs gallivat →galleon 65% match — A large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks. vs gallivat →baglo 65% match — A two-masted trading boat. vs gallivat →balinger 64% match — A small medieval sea-going ship with oars and sails. vs gallivat →goelette 63% match — A schooner. vs gallivat →catur 62% match — A light rowboat used on the coast of Malabar in the early days of the Portuguese. vs gallivat →