war-steamer
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]war-steamer (plural war-steamers)
- A steam-powered naval vessel designed for combat.
- 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 304:
- The only vessel it contained when we arrived was a Dutch brig, laden with coals for the use of a war-steamer, which was expected daily, on an exploring expedition along the coasts of New Guinea, for the purpose of fixing on a locality for a colony.