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cottonclad

cottonclad noun: a wooden warship, of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, that used bales of cotton to protect it from enemy fire.

Noun

cottonclad (plural cottonclads)

  1. A wooden warship, of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, that used bales of cotton to protect it from enemy fire.

Forms of cottonclad

pluralcottonclads

Questions about cottonclad

What does cottonclad mean?
Cottonclad means a wooden warship, of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, that used bales of cotton to protect it from enemy fire.
What part of speech is cottonclad?
Cottonclad is a noun.
What is the plural of cottonclad?
The plural of cottonclad is cottonclads.

Words near cottonclad in the dictionary

  1. cottonade
  2. cottonades
  3. cottonball
  4. cottonballs
  5. cottonbush
  6. cottonclad
  7. cottonclads
  8. Cottone
  9. cottoned
  10. cottoned on
  11. cottoned on to

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