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sailing warship

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Noun1.sailing warship - a warship that was powered by sails and equipped with many heavy guns; not built after the middle of the 19th century
man-of-war, ship of the line - a warship intended for combat
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The cadet training ship HMS Conway was the floating part of a naval college founded in 1859 and housed for most of its life aboard three successive 19th-century wooden sailing warships, but was later relocated ashore.
Ex-shipmates recall days on HMS Conway by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA On a sailing warship, the devil was the outermost seam between the planks of the deck and the hull.
Shipshape or booby prize? COMMON EXPRESSIONS FROM HIGH SEAS Did you ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
The ex-pupil at St Thomas More School, in Blaydon, Gateshead, is more used to sailing warships but jumped at the chance to work in a country ravaged by years of war.
Gemma's on the crest of a wave by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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