gallivat

Etymology
Probably from. Compare 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1)  A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, used on the Malabar coast.
 * 2) * 1812,,  Volume 18, on Sir William James
 * At one time when he had near seventy sail under his protection, he was assailed by a large fleet of Angria's frigates and gallivats