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shiplet

shiplet noun: a little ship.

Noun

shiplet (plural shiplets)

  1. A little ship.
    • […] and so they go to the sea betwixt two hils, whereof that on the one side lieth out like an arme or cape, and maketh the fashion of an hauenet or peere, whither shiplets sometime doo resort for succour.1587, Raphael Holinshed, chapter 1.12, in Chronicles, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015

Forms of shiplet

pluralshiplets

Origin of shiplet

From ship + -let.

Questions about shiplet

What does shiplet mean?
Shiplet means a little ship.
What part of speech is shiplet?
Shiplet is a noun.
What is the plural of shiplet?
The plural of shiplet is shiplets.

Words near shiplet in the dictionary

  1. shiplap
  2. shiplapped
  3. shiplapping
  4. shiplaps
  5. shipless
  6. shiplet
  7. shiplets
  8. Shipley
  9. shiplier
  10. shipliest
  11. shiplift

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