trireme
IPA: trˈaɪrim
noun
- (history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.
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Examples of "trireme" in Sentences
- So he departed just with his own trireme.
- Only one general per trireme may be on board.
- As for the trireme, I agree it must be included.
- The travertine stone gives a distinctive trireme shape.
- If need a trireme, you need someone to build it for you.
- Construction of the trireme differed from modern practice.
- The ram of the trireme was crucial, especially for the Athenians.
- They invented the best warship of the ancient world, the trireme.
- However, since it is a trireme, it has no powerplant and armour to speak of.
- The earlier triremes were supplanted by polyremes in the Hellenistic navies.
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