Definition of Torpedo boat

1. Noun. Small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters.


Definition of Torpedo boat

1. Noun. a small, high-speed warship designed to fire torpedoes, especially in coastal waters ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Torpedo Boat

toroidic
toroids
toros
torosaurus
torose
torosities
torosity
torot
toroth
torous
torovirus
torovirus infections
torpedinous
torpedo
torpedo-boat destroyer
torpedo boat
torpedo boats
torpedo bomber
torpedo punt
torpedo punts
torpedo roll
torpedo rolls
torpedo tube
torpedoed
torpedoes
torpedoing
torpedolike
torpedos
torpefied
torpefies

Literary usage of Torpedo boat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1903)
"OUR TORPEDO-BOAT FLOTILLA. THE TRAINING NEEDED TO INSURE ITS EFFICIENCY. MOTTO: We question the utility of torpedo-boats because we don t know how to ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A torpedo catcher is a vessel of superior sue and strength, but with the same high speed as a torpedo boat, the principal arm of the torpedo catcher being ..."

3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1907)
"Reviews the development of torpedo boat destroyers, illustrating types built, ... Illustrations, with description of a second- class motor torpedo boat ..."

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