SAILING WARSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sailing warship mean? 

• SAILING WARSHIP (noun)
  The noun SAILING WARSHIP has 1 sense:

1. a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century

  Familiarity information: SAILING WARSHIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAILING WARSHIP (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)