flotan.

/ˈfləʊtə/

Etymology: < Spanish flota fleet.

1. The name given to the Spanish fleet which used to cross the Atlantic and bring back to Spain the products of America and the West Indies. Also gen.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > specific fleet

armada1588

flote1673

flota1690

Home Fleet1705

home guard1712

Channel Fleet1741

Grand Fleet1914

1690 J. Child Disc. Trade Pref. sig. B4^v The arrival of the Spanish Flota.

a1763 W. Shenstone Elegies xiv, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 34 What envy'd flota bore so fair a freight?

1796 Ld. Nelson 28 Sept. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 284 I believe I can destroy their Flota.

2. A floating barrier (see quot. 1777).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > in a river

heck1424

flota1777

blockade1871

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xix. 180 For the greater security of..the work, a flota, one thousand two hundred feet long, was constructed of barks, bound together..with..beams pointed with iron, resembling a file of pikes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	flota
释义	flotan. /ˈfləʊtə/ Etymology: < Spanish flota fleet. 1. The name given to the Spanish fleet which used to cross the Atlantic and bring back to Spain the products of America and the West Indies. Also gen. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > specific fleet armada1588 flote1673 flota1690 Home Fleet1705 home guard1712 Channel Fleet1741 Grand Fleet1914 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade Pref. sig. B4^v The arrival of the Spanish Flota. a1763 W. Shenstone Elegies xiv, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 34 What envy'd flota bore so fair a freight? 1796 Ld. Nelson 28 Sept. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 284 I believe I can destroy their Flota. 2. A floating barrier (see quot. 1777). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > in a river heck1424 flota1777 blockade1871 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xix. 180 For the greater security of..the work, a flota, one thousand two hundred feet long, was constructed of barks, bound together..with..beams pointed with iron, resembling a file of pikes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1690
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