单词 | storeship |
释义 | storeshipn. A government ship employed to carry military or naval stores. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > tender or supply vessel victuallera1572 handmaid1599 magazine ship1617 magazine1624 victualling-ship1665 tender1675 storeship1693 supply ship1778 foraging-ship1809 supply boat1823 powder-hoy1867 oiler1916 1693 London Gaz. No. 2888/3 Susanna Bomb Storeship. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4187/3 This day sailed hence Her Majesty's Ship the Lizard with three Store-ships. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvi. 511 A fleet of gallies, transports, and store~ships, was assembled in the harbour. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 66 This being the first expedition of importance that had neither store-ship, hospital-ship, fire-ship, or tender, to accompany it. 1834 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales (1837) I. 48 His Majesty's store-ship Guardian had been despatched from England..with a large supply of provisions and other stores for the settlement. 1915 Daily Tel. 24 Aug. 8/7 The movement of men-of-war, transports, and storeships across Baltic waters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1693 |
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