What does fireship mean?
Definitions for fireship
fire·ship
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word fireship.
Did you actually mean fire ship or fire chief?
Wiktionary
fireshipnoun
A sailing ship that has been set alight and left to drift into an opposing fleet. Famously used by Englishman Sir Francis Drake when fighting the Spanish Armada of 1588.
fireshipnoun
A diseased prostitute.
Etymology: From fire + ship
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fireshipnoun
A ship filled with combustible matter to fire the vessels of the enemy.
Etymology: fire and ship.
Our men bravely quitted themselves of the fireship, by cutting the spritsail tackle. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
Wikipedia
fireship
A fire ship or fireship, used in the days of wooden rowed or sailing ships, was a ship filled with combustibles, or gunpowder deliberately set on fire and steered (or, when possible, allowed to drift) into an enemy fleet, in order to destroy ships, or to create panic and make the enemy break formation. Ships used as fire ships were either warships whose munitions were fully spent in battle, surplus ones which were old and worn out, or inexpensive purpose-built vessels rigged to be set afire, steered toward targets, and abandoned quickly by the crew. Explosion ships or "hellburners" were a variation on the fire ship, intended to cause damage by blowing up in proximity to enemy ships. Fireships were used to great effect by the outgunned English fleet against the Spanish Armada during the Battle of Gravelines, the Dutch raid on the Medway, Chinese warlord Sun Quan in the Battle of Red Cliffs, and by the Greeks in their war of independence.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fireship in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fireship in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Translations for fireship
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- φλόγαGreek
Get even more translations for fireship »
Translation
Find a translation for the fireship definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"fireship." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 14 May 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/fireship>.
Discuss these fireship definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In