fleet (redirected from fleetness)

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

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fleet²

Chiefly Southeastern Brit a small coastal inlet; creek

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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

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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.