third-rate
Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two…Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, historical, not comparable)Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.
(idiomatic, not comparable)Poor, shoddy; less than second-rate.
of lesser quality than second-rate
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