naval stores
Americannoun
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supplies for warships.
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various products of the pine tree, as resin, pitch, or turpentine, used in building and maintaining wooden ships.
Etymology
Origin of naval stores
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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In addition, naval stores for building and maintaining ships for trade and war could be sent only to England.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Plantations grew tobacco, cotton, corn, wheat, and hemp, and pine forests still yielded naval stores.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Still known as naval stores, the industry began oozing forth from southern pine trees during the age of wooden ships.
From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2014
Commerce in raw cotton, rice, fertilizers from the phosphate beds along the Ashley and from cottonseed meal, fruits and naval stores is large.
From Time Magazine Archive
This plan has long been in use to protect naval stores on ships and in warehouses.
From House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 by Lantz, David E.
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