Definitions
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- noun nautical A
vessel that is deliberately sunk in order toblock awaterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The British were arranged in a column of attack, and the directions were that the three leading ships should pass along the hostile line, engaging as they went, until the headmost reached the fifth Dane, a blockship inferior to itself, abreast which it was to anchor by the stern, as all the British ships were to do.
The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897
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Captain Riou with his light division engaged the Trekroner, and the Danish blockship next south of it, which was by him terribly battered.
The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897
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The British were arranged in a column of attack, and the directions were that the three leading ships should pass along the hostile line, engaging as they went, until the headmost reached the fifth Dane, a blockship inferior to itself, abreast which it was to anchor by the stern, as all the British ships were to do.
The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877
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Trekroner, and the Danish blockship next south of it, which was by him terribly battered.
The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877
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