storeship

English

Alternative forms

stores ship

Etymology

From store +‎ ship.

Noun

storeship (plural storeships)

1. (nautical, military) A vessel used to carry naval stores.

Translations

a vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, etc.

• Bulgarian: снабдителен кораб m (snabditelen korab)
• Ido: varonavo (io)

References

• “storeship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• posterish, prothesis, sophister