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line of battle ships

line of battle ships is the plural of line of battle ship.

Meaning of line of battle ship

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

Questions about line of battle ships

What is line of battle ships the plural of?
Line of battle ships is the plural of line of battle ship.

Words near line of battle ships in the dictionary

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

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