Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A ship specially devoted to the practice of gunnery and experiments with ordnance.

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Examples

  • The crew were generally recruited in Great Britain, and many of them received superior training on board her Majesty's gunnery-ship

    Foreign and Colonial News 1864

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