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line of battle ship

line of battle ship noun: a ship of the line or battleship.

Noun

line of battle ship (plural line of battle ships)

  1. (obsolete) A ship of the line or battleship.
    • I have said that our roof was decidedly Biblical in style; but to make it a dry one, something of a nautical character was added to its architecture, for on either side were scuppers, and it was slightly arched in the centre; it was commonly said that two masts, a bowsprit and a swivel gun would...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112

Forms of line of battle ship

pluralline of battle ships
alternative formline-of-battle ship

Origin of line of battle ship

line of battle + ship

Words formed from line of battle ship

Questions about line of battle ship

What does line of battle ship mean?
Line of battle ship means a ship of the line or battleship.
What part of speech is line of battle ship?
Line of battle ship is a noun.
What is the plural of line of battle ship?
The plural of line of battle ship is line of battle ships.

Words near line of battle ship in the dictionary

  1. line of 7s
  2. Line of Actual Control
  3. line of apsides
  4. line of attack
  5. line of battle
  6. line of battle ship
  7. line of battle ships
  8. line of beauty
  9. line of best fit
  10. line of Blaschko
  11. line of business

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