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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahy-reem
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪ rim



Définition of bireme

  • As in galley : noun a ship
Example sentences :
  • As the bireme struck the high waves King Hiram advanced to the prow.
  • Extract from : « A King of Tyre » by James M. Ludlow
  • The ‘bireme,’ or two-banked vessel, does not appear in Homer.
  • Extract from : « Boating » by W. B. Woodgate
  • A military boat called the "bireme" came into use in Greece about six or seven centuries before Christ.
  • Extract from : « Great Inventions and Discoveries » by Willis Duff Piercy
  • It is probable that the Greeks did not originate the bireme, but borrowed the idea from the Phœnicians or possibly from Egypt.
  • Extract from : « Great Inventions and Discoveries » by Willis Duff Piercy
  • Soon they tacked far to the north, and, rounding to the west, crossed the bows of the bireme of Herodotus.
  • Extract from : « A King of Tyre » by James M. Ludlow
  • This is proved by another illustration of a bireme on the same vase, in which the steering oars are clearly seen.
  • Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes
  • This Greek bireme, with its shallow hull and lofty, open superstructure, could hardy have been a seaworthy vessel.
  • Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes
  • The large figures at the stern seem to point to the bireme of Fig. 74 being about to be used for racing purposes.
  • Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes
  • In Appendix, p. 157, will be found an account of an eighth-century Greek bireme, recently discovered.
  • Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes

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