fire ship

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Noun

fire ship (plural fire ships)

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

Translations

• French: brûlot
• German: Brander, Brandschiff
• Italian: brulotto
• Portuguese: brulote
• Russian: бра́ндер
• Spanish: brulote

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