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dreadnought
(-nôt′)
or dreadnaught
noun
- a coat made of a thick woolen cloth
- the cloth
Origin: after Dreadnought, the first of such a class of British battleships, built in 1906
any large, heavily armored battleship with many powerful guns
See dreadnought in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A battleship armed with six or more guns having calibers of 12 inches or more.
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