Quadrireme vs. Galley — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Quadrireme and Galley
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Definitions
Quadrireme
A galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
Galley
A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by rowing. The galley is characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft, and low freeboard (clearance between sea and railing).
Quadrireme
A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Galley
A low, flat ship with one or more sails and up to three banks of oars, chiefly used for warfare or piracy and often manned by slaves or criminals.
Galley
The kitchen in a ship or aircraft.
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Galley
A printer's proof in the form of long single-column strips, not in sheets or pages.
Galley
A large, usually single-decked medieval ship of shallow draft, propelled by sails and oars and used as a merchant ship or warship in the Mediterranean.
Galley
An ancient Mediterranean seagoing vessel propelled by oars.
Galley
A large rowboat formerly used by British customs officers.
Galley
The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.
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Galley
A long, usually metal tray, used for assembling lines of printers' type in composing proofs and pages.
Galley
A proof made with printer's type before page composition to allow for the detection and correction of errors.
Galley
A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
Galley
(British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
Galley
(nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
Galley
(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Galley
An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
Galley
(printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
Galley
(printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Galley
(heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.
Galley
A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
Galley
The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; - sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Galley
An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
Galley
An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
Galley
A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
Galley
(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
Galley
The kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
Galley
The area for food preparation on a ship