Meaning of line of battle ship | Babel Free

Definitions

A ship of the line or battleship.

obsolete

Examples

“I have said that our roof was decidedly Biblical in style; but to make it a dry one, something of a nautical character was added to its architecture, for on either side were scuppers, and it was slightly arched in the centre; it was commonly said that two masts, a bowsprit and a swivel gun would have transformed our dwelling into a line-of-battle ship[.]”

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