dreadnought

(-nôt′)

or dreadnaught

noun

    1. a coat made of a thick woolen cloth
    2. the cloth
  1. 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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