(a) a vessel fitted up and used as a battery; (b) (see quot. 1910).
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat > floating battery (4) floating battery1695 (a) a vessel fitted up and used as a battery; (b) (see quot. 1910). pram1715 A large, flat-bottomed boat mounted with guns and used as a floating battery. Now historical. cheese box1855 (a) a box for cheese, typically cylindrical in shape; (b) U.S. a ship with one or more cylindrical gun turrets (likened in shape to cheese boxes); =… monitor1863 An ironclad warship having a very low freeboard and one or more revolving turrets containing heavy guns (now historical). Also: any ship of… |
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