(nautical, historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
(nautical, historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
Fireships were famously used by Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
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(nautical) A ship equipped with heavy artillery.
(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
(legal, obsolete, UK) In Medieval England, an allowance of fuel.
(nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
(vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute.
Fireships were famously used by Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
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