ship of war
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ship of war
First recorded in 1470–80
Example Sentences
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It looked as if the castle wall had been struck by a broadside of cannon fire from a ship of war.
From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2021
And The Fighting Temeraire, the tugboat towing the ghostly sailing ship of war to her grave, the future pulling the past, noise versus silence.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2013
Each represents thousands of hours of labor, each is a mighty ship of war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thank goodness, some of those things are better now, and it was time that they should be, for I saw enough of a ship of war in days to come.
From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville
As most of our readers have probably never seen the interior of a ship of war, we present on the adjoining page a plan of that portion of the vessel occupied by the officers.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver
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