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SAILING WARSHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sailing warship" is a kind of...):
man-of-war; ship of the line (a warship intended for combat)
Instance hyponyms:
Constitution; Old Ironsides (a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston)