fire ship

See also: fireship

English

Noun

fire ship (plural fire ships)

(historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.

Translations

wooden ship

Finnish: polttolaiva (fi)
French: brûlot (fr) m
German: Brander m, Brandschiff n
Greek: πυρπολικό (el) n (pyrpolikó)

Italian: brulotto (it) m
Polish: brander (pl) m
Portuguese: brulote m

Further reading

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