line of battle ship

English

Alternative forms

  • line-of-battle ship, line-of-battle-ship

Etymology

line of battle +‎ ship

Noun

line of battle ship (plural line of battle ships)

  1. (nautical, military, obsolete) A ship of the line or battleship.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112:
      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 have transformed our dwelling into a line-of-battle ship[.]

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