battleshipn.

/ˈbat(ə)lʃɪp/

Etymology: Shortening of line-of-battle ship: see battle n. 12.

Originally U.S.

a. A line-of-battle ship; a warship of the largest and most heavily armoured class.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > battleship

line-of-battle ship1695

battleship1794

liner1829

dreadnought1906

battle-wagon1926

1794 D. Humphreys Poem on Industry 20 The dock equips, With batt'ries black and strong, the battleships.

1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 185 A bluff weather-beaten captain of a battle ship.

1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 235 A battle-ship's bowsprit.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 363 Like the spars of a storm-wrecked battle-ship.

1884 Marine Engineer Apr. 4/2 The very heavily-armed battle-ship.

1886 Harper's Mag. June 24/1 Capable of contending on equal terms with the heaviest European battle ships.

1898 Harper's Mag. 96 830 She has eight battle-ships built.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 92/2 At that time [1901] British naval practice..was to put 9-inch armour on to the sides of battleships and 4-inch on to the sides of cruisers.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. II. 162/1 The battleship has been the basic unit in all navies.

b. cruiser-battleship or battleship cruiser: a battleship of the type designed for speed, less heavily armoured than a ship of the line.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > cruiser

cruiser1679

North Sea groper1830

barbette-cruiser1884

gun cruiser1884

cruiser-battleship1909

battle-cruiser1911

1909 Whitaker's Almanack 681/2 Modern vessels of this class are no longer, save in official phraseology, ‘armoured cruisers’, but ‘cruiser-battleships’, or ‘cruiser-Dreadnoughts’.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 7/2 Armoured cruisers, or ‘battleship cruisers’, as they have been popularly termed.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 154 To ascertain ‘the difference 'twixt the rigging and palaver of a methody parson, and the togs and talk of a reg'lar-built battle-ship preacher’.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 8 Aug. 6/1 To choose his own time and place for the battleship action.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 8/2 The battleship strength of the Russians at Port Arthur.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 3/3 When the Dreadnought appeared battleship building in foreign yards paused.

1908 Daily Chron. 21 Aug. 1/7 The American battleship fleet.

C2.

battleship grey n. (or battleship gray) a slightly bluish grey colour often used in painting battleships.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > bluish grey

blue-grey1478

slate-grey1794

slate-colour1799

slate1813

gunmetal1905

battleship grey1916

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 12/3 The colors include battleship grey.

1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 54 Nights with stars or closely interleaved with battleship grey or plum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	battleship
释义	battleshipn. /ˈbat(ə)lʃɪp/ Etymology: Shortening of line-of-battle ship: see battle n. 12. Originally U.S. a. A line-of-battle ship; a warship of the largest and most heavily armoured class. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > battleship line-of-battle ship1695 battleship1794 liner1829 dreadnought1906 battle-wagon1926 1794 D. Humphreys Poem on Industry 20 The dock equips, With batt'ries black and strong, the battleships. 1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 185 A bluff weather-beaten captain of a battle ship. 1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 235 A battle-ship's bowsprit. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 363 Like the spars of a storm-wrecked battle-ship. 1884 Marine Engineer Apr. 4/2 The very heavily-armed battle-ship. 1886 Harper's Mag. June 24/1 Capable of contending on equal terms with the heaviest European battle ships. 1898 Harper's Mag. 96 830 She has eight battle-ships built. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 92/2 At that time [1901] British naval practice..was to put 9-inch armour on to the sides of battleships and 4-inch on to the sides of cruisers. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. II. 162/1 The battleship has been the basic unit in all navies. b. cruiser-battleship or battleship cruiser: a battleship of the type designed for speed, less heavily armoured than a ship of the line. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > cruiser cruiser1679 North Sea groper1830 barbette-cruiser1884 gun cruiser1884 cruiser-battleship1909 battle-cruiser1911 1909 Whitaker's Almanack 681/2 Modern vessels of this class are no longer, save in official phraseology, ‘armoured cruisers’, but ‘cruiser-battleships’, or ‘cruiser-Dreadnoughts’. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 7/2 Armoured cruisers, or ‘battleship cruisers’, as they have been popularly termed. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1834 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. I. 154 To ascertain ‘the difference 'twixt the rigging and palaver of a methody parson, and the togs and talk of a reg'lar-built battle-ship preacher’. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 8 Aug. 6/1 To choose his own time and place for the battleship action. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 8/2 The battleship strength of the Russians at Port Arthur. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 3/3 When the Dreadnought appeared battleship building in foreign yards paused. 1908 Daily Chron. 21 Aug. 1/7 The American battleship fleet. C2. battleship grey n. (or battleship gray) a slightly bluish grey colour often used in painting battleships. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [noun] > bluish grey blue-grey1478 slate-grey1794 slate-colour1799 slate1813 gunmetal1905 battleship grey1916 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 July 12/3 The colors include battleship grey. 1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 54 Nights with stars or closely interleaved with battleship grey or plum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1794
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