Definition of Dromons. Meaning of Dromons. Synonyms of Dromons

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Dromons. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Dromons and, of course, Dromons synonyms and on the right images related to the word Dromons.

Definition of Dromons

Dromon
Dromond Drom"ond, or Dromon Drom"on [OF. dromont, L. dromo, fr. Gr. dro`mwn light vessel, prob. fr. dramei^n to run. See Dromedary.] In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel. [Hist. or Archaic] --Fuller. The great dromond swinging from the quay. -- W. Morris.

Meaning of Dromons from wikipedia

- standard rig for the dromon, with the traditional square sail gradually falling from use in medieval navigation. These 6th-century dromons were single-banked...
- the standard rig for the dromon, with the traditional square sail gradually falling from use in medieval navigation. The dromons that Procopius describes...
- including Venice, Genoa, and Pisa. Their merchant galleys were similar to dromons, but without heavy weapons and both faster and wider. The largest types...
- fleets. It became the dominant power in the eastern Mediterranean, with dromons equipped with Gr**** fire proving crucial on several occasions. As the 8th-century...
- use is depicted in the Poliorcetica of Hero of Byzantium. The Byzantine dromons usually had a siphōn installed on their prow under the forecastle, but...
- Register of Ukraine (Регістр судноплавства України) RU (РУ) 1998 Kyiv No Dromon Bureau of Shipping DBS 2003 Piraeus No Overseas Marine Certification Services...
- battery of mixed calibers Drekar A Viking longship with sails and oars Dromons Ancient precursors to galleys East Indiaman An armed merchantman belonging...
- height, and thus emplo**** 120 rowers. Biremes were galleys, galle****es, dromons, and small pleasure crafts called pamphyles. The next development, the...
- Fire ship Galley Penteconter Bireme Trireme Quadriremes Tessarakonteres Dromon Junk K'un-lun po Lepa Mtepe Uru Post-classical Balinger Benawa Birlinn Bomb...
- Vandals in 533. In 533, Belisarius sailed to Africa with a fleet of 92 dromons, escorting 500 transports carrying an army of about 15,000 men, as well...