fregatt — meaning in English
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English meaning
- frigate noun A fast, medium-sized warship, historically used for patrol and escort duties and today for anti-submarine and general naval operations.
Senses
fregatt is used for these senses in English:
- frigate (historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]