bird farm
Military slang for an aircraft carrier — the naval vessel that carries, launches, and recovers aircraft.
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Military slang for an aircraft carrier — the naval vessel that carries, launches, and recovers aircraft. The image of planes taking off and landing resembles birds leaving and returning to a perch. The term is widely used in US Navy and allied naval slang and has a collegial, insider quality.
The squadron had been deployed on the bird farm for six months without shore leave.
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(military slang) An aircraft carrier.
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