a boat carrying artillery, a gunboat.
| 单词 | θ204843 |
| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat (29) artillery boat1759 a boat carrying artillery, a gunboat. gun-boat1793 A boat or small vessel of light draft carrying one or more guns of large calibre; any small vessel fitted for carrying guns. gun-vessel1800 ? a small ship of war. gun-brig1801 a two-masted ship of war, now obsolete. schooner-gun-vessel1806 gunship1841 A fast ship mounted with guns, typically used to attack coastal targets. Cf. gunboat, n. 1a. turret-ship1862 a ship of war with a turret (sense 2b). turret-vessel1862 = turret-ship n. pelter1890 colloquial (chiefly humorous). A gun. Also: a small ship carrying guns. Now rare. Subcategories:— small (2) — anti-aircraft (1) — floating battery (4) — bomb-vessel (11) — gunnery training vessel (1) — ship armed with rockets (1) |
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