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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

battleship

· bat·tle·ship · IPA /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/
01 An armor-plated warship built of steel and heavily armed, generally having over ten thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to c…
  1. 1.
    An armor-plated warship built of steel and heavily armed, generally having over ten thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to combat the heaviest enemy ships in line of battle; the most heavily armed and armored class of warship at any given time.(Nav.)