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- noun Plural form of
tinclad .
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Examples
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The first, familiarly called tinclads, but officially light-draughts, were river stern-wheel steamers purchased for the service after the suggestion of
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877
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In addition to the fourteen gunboats, Eads also converted seven transports into musket-proof "tinclads," and built four mortarboats.
James B. Eads Louis How 1910
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This was the germ of the light-draught gunboats, familiarly called "tinclads" from the thinness of their armor, which in the following season were a usual and active adjunct to the operations of the heavier vessels.
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877
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The admiral, having seen the rest of his fleet in safety, returned to the crippled boat, taking with him only two tinclads, the Cricket and
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877
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The two latter were tinclads, the first an unarmored boat.
The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. 1877
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