Battleship

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• Battleship — ist der englische Name für das Spiel Schiffe versenken und Alternativtitel des Logikrätsels Bimaru. Battleship ist Name oder Namensbestandteil folgender Filme: Battleship Uchū Senkan Yamato, Alternativtitel: Space Battleship Yamato Battleship… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• battleship — 1794, shortened from line of battle ship (1705), one large enough to take part in a main attack (formerly one of 74 plus guns); from BATTLE (Cf. battle) + SHIP (Cf. ship) (n.). Later in U.S. Navy in reference to a class of ships that carried guns …   Etymology dictionary

• battleship — at tle*ship (Nav.) [shortened from line of battle ship, i.e. the most heavily armored ship suited to be in the front line of a naval battle.] An armor plated warship built of steel and heavily armed, generally having over ten thousand tons… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• battleship — ► NOUN ▪ a heavily armoured warship with large calibre guns …   English terms dictionary

• battleship — ☆ battleship [bat′ lship΄ ] n. any of a class of large warships with the biggest guns and very heavy armor …   English World dictionary

• Battleship — For other uses, see Battleship (disambiguation). The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa (ca. 1984) A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were large …   Wikipedia

• battleship — /bat l ship /, n. 1. any of a class of warships that are the most heavily armored and are equipped with the most powerful armament. 2. See ship of the line. [1785 95, Amer.; BATTLE1 + SHIP] * * * Capital ship of the world s navies from с 1860,… …   Universalium

• battleship — n. a pocket battleship * * * [ bætlˌʃɪp] a pocket battleship …   Combinatory dictionary

• battleship — UK [ˈbæt(ə)lˌʃɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms battleship : singular battleship plural battleships the largest type of warship …   English dictionary

• battleship — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English