Drom"ond (?), ∨ Drom"on (?). [OF. dromont, L. dromo, fr. Gr. light vessel, prob. fr. 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.

 

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