"fire ship" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire ships [plural]
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  1. (historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Warships Translations (wooden ship): polttolaiva (Finnish), brûlot [masculine] (French), Brander [masculine] (German), Brandschiff [neuter] (German), πυρπολικό (pyrpolikó) [neuter] (Greek), brulotto [masculine] (Italian), brander [masculine] (Polish), brulote [masculine] (Portuguese), бра́ндер (bránder) [masculine] (Russian), brulote [masculine] (Spanish)

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