Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A late-19th-century or early-20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.

    додредно́утdodrednóut

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
late-19th or early-20th-century battleship:

Origin

From pre- + dreadnought.

From pre- + dreadnought.

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Forms

plural: pre-dreadnoughts

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