| 单词 | ship of the line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasship of the line a. Military and Nautical. A row or rank of soldiers (distinguished from a column); a row of ships in a certain order. Also occasionally collective singular = ships of the line. line of battle: see battle n. 12. ship of the line: a line-of-battle ship. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > formations of ships battalia1613 line of battle1695 line1704 column1805 open order1805 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > line rengec1330 ray1481 ranka1533 hay1684 line1801 1704 London Gaz. No. 4054/1 Their Line consisted of 52 Ships and 24 Gallies. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4222/3 He had then 30 Ships of the Line,..besides two or three Frigats. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Abreast When the line is formed abreast, the whole squadron advances uniformly, the ships being equally distant from, and parallel to each other, so that the length of each ship forms a right angle with the extent of the squadron or line abreast. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Characters 56/2 Lord Cornwallis put him in command of the second line of the army. 1801 T. Campbell Battle of Baltic ii While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line. 1805 in A. Duncan Life of Nelson (1806) 231 We have only 11 line, 3 frigates, and a sloop. 1813 R. Southey Life Nelson vi The fleet from Cadiz.. consisting of from seventeen to twenty sail of the line. 1815 Ld. Byron We do not curse thee, Waterloo iii While the broken line enlarging, Fell or fled along the plain. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila iv. i. 172 Suddenly the lines of the Moors gave way. < as lemmas |
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