A warship intended for combat.
Type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century.
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Examples for "man-of-war"
1And all the time the British-man-of-war admired and applauded in the offing.
2Mr. Atherton died at sea as a guest on a Chilean man-of-war.
3It was Evans' very first commission, his only voyage in a man-of-war.
4In a man-of-war you could fight or run as your wisdom dictated.
5Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the coast.
1The Hopeful was more city space station than ship of the line.
2She was the first ship of the line Bolitho had ever commanded.
3Not an easy thing in an overcrowded ship of the line.
4Yovell was saying, We function here not unlike a ship of the line.
5In its present state, Goree could not resist a ship of the line.
6Unlike a ship of the line, there were no guns on this deck.
7The following are the dimensions given me of the ship of the line Pennsylvania:-
8Like a ship of the line, with lesser craft parting to let them through.
9She saw Mrs. Franklyn-Haldene, like a vast ship of the line, manoeuvering toward her.
10But as his second-in-command, appointed from another ship of the line, he was beyond value.
11Second one is a ship of the line, sir!
12A Neapolitan ship of the line would cost more than ten English ships fitting out.
13It could have been the great cabin of almost any ship of the line, he thought.
14And of course, there is always the draw of helming a gigantic ship of the line.
15She is the best of our warships, a Rover-built ship of the line, a proven vessel.
16She's no ship of the line, you know!'
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