dragonship

English

Etymology 1

From dragon +‎ ship; calque of Old Norse drekaskip, from dreki (“dragon”) + skip (“ship”).

Noun

dragonship (plural dragonships)

  1. A type of Viking longship decorated with a carved dragon or serpent head on the prow.
    Synonym: drakeship
    • 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 77:
      Every summer brought the prospect of the dragonships snaking their way upriver, each vessel filled with thirty or more rapacious thugs.

Etymology 2

From dragon +‎ -ship.

Noun

dragonship (plural dragonships)

  1. A term of address for a dragon.
    • 1884, Moira, Philip Graham: A Subject of Queen Mab (volume 2, page 222)
      But the dragon was not to be persuaded, he shook his head, and said — "No."
      "But your dragonship shall and must," said the little Princess, stamping her foot impatiently upon the ground, as if she wished the great dragon himself were under her feet.
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