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ship of the line

Meaning of "ship of the line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIP OF THE LINE

ship of the line


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIP OF THE LINE

noun
adjective
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conjunction
determiner
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Ship of the line is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHIP OF THE LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through to the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear. Since these engagements were almost invariably won by the heaviest ships carrying the most powerful guns, the natural progression was to build sailing vessels that were the largest and most powerful of their time. From the end of the 1840s, the introduction of steam power brought less dependence on the wind in battle and led to the construction of screw-driven — but wooden-hulled — ships of the line; a number of pure sail-driven ships were converted to this propulsion mechanism. However, the introduction of the ironclad frigate in about 1859 led swiftly to the decline of the steam-assisted ships of the line. The ironclad warship became the ancestor of the 20th-century battleship, whose very designation is itself a contraction of the phrase "ship of the line of battle" or — more colloquially — "line-of-battle ship".

Definition of ship of the line in the English dictionary

The definition of ship of the line in the dictionary is a warship large enough to fight in the first line of battle.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIP OF THE LINE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIP OF THE LINE

all along the line · bottom line · cell line · command line · credit line · dotted line · finish line · front line · hold the line · hotline · land line · lay on the line · on line · product line · production line · red line · sign on the dotted line · six-yard line · step out of line · tag line · toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of ship of the line in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ship of the line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIP OF THE LINE

Find out the translation of ship of the line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ship of the line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ship of the line» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

船的行
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

barco de línea
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ship of the line
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लाइन के जहाज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سفينة من الخط
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Судно линии
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

navio da linha
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

লাইন জাহাজ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

navire de la ligne
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kapal talian
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Linienschiff
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

行の船
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

라인 의 선박
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kapal saka garis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàu của dòng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வரி கப்பல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ओळीचे जहाज
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Hattın gemisi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

nave di linea
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Statek linii
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Судно лінії
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

navă de linie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλοίο της γραμμής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skip van die lyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

linjeskepp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

linjeskip
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIP OF THE LINE»

Discover the use of ship of the line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ship of the line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Ship of the Line
This is the sixth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester’s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.
C.S. Forester, 2011
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The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British
This book, the first joint history of these great navies, offers a uniquely impartial and comprehensive picture of the two forces their shipbuilding programs, naval campaigns, and battles, and their wartime strategies and diplomacy.
Jonathan R. Dull, 2009
3
British Napoleonic Ship-of-the-Line
Beskrivelse af den britiske flådes linjeskibe, der blev brugt under Napoleonskrigene.
Angus Konstam, 2001
4
Ships of the Line
Collected for the first time in a single volume, a fan's treasury of full-color graphic renderings of Star Trek art features starships from all five series depicted against an array of planetary landscapes, battle scenes, and plot scenarios ...
Michael Okuda, Doug Drexler, Margaret Clark, 2006
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Tng Ship Of The Line: Star Trek The Next Generation
From the ashes of the Next Generation's Enterprise-D rises a new Starship, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E, under the command of Captain Morgan Bateson.
Diane Carey, 2012
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The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy
The majestic ship-of- the-line was the dominant weapon of naval warfare in the eighteenth century, and this engagement between British and French fleets off the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay was the decisive naval battle of the American ...
Craig L. Symonds, 2001
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Steering to Glory: A Day in the Life of a Ship-Of-The-Line
This is essential reading for historians, naval novel lovers, and all who have wondered how such complex communities achieved this unprecedented efficiency.
Nicholas Blake, 2005
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Naval Warfare, 1815-1914
Plate 4.4 Austrian screw ship of the line Kaiser, the day after engaging Italian ironclads at the Battle of Lissa (20 July 1866) Naval Historical Center, Basit Collection vessels, including transports carrying 3,000 troops. His first objective was to ...
Lawrence Sondhaus, 2001
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Ship of the Line Classes: Téméraire Class Ship of the
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2011
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His Majesty's Ship
When you finish this book you genuinely feel like you have been there-and no novel can receive higher praise than that." The First Book in the Fighting Sail Series
Alaric Bond, 2009

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIP OF THE LINE»

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'Ship Of The Line': Sailing To Fantasy And Back
I made this perilous journey courtesy of C.S. Forester and his wonderful novel Ship of the Line. It was in those pages that I first met Captain Horatio Hornblower, ... «NPR, Dec 10»
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