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fleet1 1. a number of warships organized as a tactical unit 2. all the warships of a nation 3. a number of aircraft, ships, buses, etc., operating together or under the same ownership fleet2 Chiefly Southeastern Brit a small coastal inlet; creek Fleet the 1. a stream that formerly ran into the Thames between Ludgate Hill and Fleet Street and is now a covered sewer 2. (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors fleet [flēt] (mechanical engineering) Sidewise movement of a rope or cable when winding on a drum. (ordnance) An organization of ships, aircraft, marine forces, and shore-based fleet activities, all under a commander who may exercise operational as well as administrative control. All naval operating forces. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Let England have its navigation and fleet -- let Scotland have its navigation and fleet -- let Wales have its navigation and fleet -- let Ireland have its navigation and fleet -- let those four of the constituent parts of the British empire be be under four independent governments, and it is easy to perceive how soon they would each dwindle into comparative insignificance. There shall be seen upon a day, Between the Baugh and the May, The black fleet of Norway. Some time after my arrival in Flanders news came of the league that his Holiness Pope Pius V of happy memory, had made with Venice and Spain against the common enemy, the Turk, who had just then with his fleet taken the famous island of Cyprus, which belonged to the Venetians, a loss deplorable and disastrous. |
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