naval
Origin of naval
Examples from the Web for naval
Contemporary Examples of naval
Editor's Note: This story had been amended to clarify Jeffrey Wright's Naval service.
However, there has been a lot of work done since the report was released, the naval architect said.
“This is an area that the Navy is taking seriously,” one naval architect familiar with the design told The Daily Beast.
She entered into the Naval Reserve of the Royal Canadian Navy at 17 while still in high school.
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Churchill welcomed the approach and immediately continued the exchanges using the code name “naval person.”
Historical Examples of naval
We now loaded with naval stores, and cleared again for Liverpool.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
Now, the Government of Quebec is neither a naval nor a military power.
The Hunted OutlawAnonymous
He was a naval officer, and he had brought me a sailor who had been wounded at the fort of Ivry.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
Madden realized he was seeing what every landsman dreams of seeing: a naval battle.
The Cruise of the Dry DockT. S. Stribling
Naval activity in the northern waters of Europe did not abate.
naval
- of, relating to, characteristic of, or having a navy
- of or relating to ships; nautical
Word Origin for naval
Word Origin and History for naval
early 15c., from Old French naval (14c.) and directly from Latin navalis "pertaining to a ship or ships," from navis "ship," from PIE *nau- "boat" (cf. Sanskrit nauh, accusative navam "ship, boat;" Armenian nav "ship;" Greek naus "ship," nautes "sailor;" Old Irish nau "ship;" Welsh noe "a flat vessel;" Old Norse nor "ship"). An Old English word for "naval" was scipherelic.