A ship employed to carry provisions for a fleet or squadron (or for troops over-seas); a victualling ship.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > tender or supply vessel (12) victuallera1572 A ship employed to carry provisions for a fleet or squadron (or for troops over-seas); a victualling ship. handmaid1599 A vessel which attends a larger one; a tender. Obsolete. rare. magazine ship1617 a ship which supplies provisions, or (occasionally) munitions (cf. sense 3). magazine1624 A ship which supplies provisions. Cf. magazine ship n. at compounds 2. Obsolete. victualling-ship1665 tender1675 A ship or boat employed to attend a larger one in various capacities. Originally, A vessel commissioned to attend men-of-war, chiefly for supplying… storeship1693 A government ship employed to carry military or naval stores. supply ship1778 foraging-ship1809 supply boat1823 powder-hoy1867 a small sailing vessel for carrying gunpowder from shore to a warship. oiler1916 A ship for transporting oil. Now usually: spec. a naval tanker used to refuel other ships. |
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