line-of-battle ship
Americannoun
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Ajax No. 2, an 80-gun line-of-battle ship built at Rotherhithe in 1798, took part in the British investiture of Alexandria in 1801, but did little sea-fighting.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had two complete batteries, and her construction was, in all respects, that of a line-of-battle ship.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
This was getting a little too hot; and, seeing the brig presently send her boats to the line-of-battle ship.
From Privateers and Privateering by Statham, E. P.
It had three windows, close to which grew a large banyan-tree, beneath the shade of whose branches the crew of a line-of-battle ship might have hung their hammocks with comfort.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon
The sound of the cannonading had been borne by the wind to the line-of-battle ship.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.
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