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warship
English
Etymology
war +? ship.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w?????p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w?????p/
Noun
warship (plural warships)
- Any ship built or armed for naval combat.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:warship
Translations
Anagrams
- ship war
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orlop
English
Etymology
From Middle English overlop (“deck of a single-decker”), from Middle Low German overlop (“which leaps overhead”).
Noun
orlop (plural orlops)
- (nautical) The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
Translations
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Page 12 of The Fortune of War, by Patrick O'Brian
- OED 2nd edition 1989
- CorPun - Glossary of Royal Navy terms
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