n. A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A fleet; especially, a �eet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A commercial fleet; especially, the fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz in Mexico, to transport to Spain the products of Spanish America.
Word Usage
"But prize money was only one factor; the flota was a primary objective."