pre-dreadnought

English

Alternative forms

• predreadnought

Etymology

From pre- +‎ dreadnought.

A diagram of the pre-dreadnought Mikasa, showing its four big guns and many smaller quick-firing weapons.

Noun

pre-dreadnought (plural pre-dreadnoughts)

1. (nautical, military, historical) A late 19th-century or early 20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.

Hyponyms

• semi-dreadnought

Translations

late 19th or early 20th century battleship

• Hebrew: קְדַם דְּרֶדְנוֹט (he) m (kdam drednot)
• Russian: додредно́ут (ru) m (dodrednóut)