quadrireme

1. (historical) A galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.Examples: "The Romanes hauing gained this prise, & ioyned hir to the Quadrireme bothe well furnished of all necessaries, kept them continnally in the entraunce, prohibiting withoute any difficultie the easie entrance of their enimies into Lilybeum."; "During three decades of peace the Venetian battle fleet had stagnated, but soon, once again, reserve galleys were pushing out of the Arsenal. A colossal quadrireme constructed by the scholar-turned-shipwright Vettor Fausto was loaded with batteries of cannon."historical