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Definition of Naumachy
1. Noun. A naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans.
Definition of Naumachy
1. n. A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.
Definition of Naumachy
1. Noun. (obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein. (defdate 17th c.) ¹
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Definition of Naumachy
1. a mock sea battle [n -CHIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naumachy
Literary usage of Naumachy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... Canopus, the Alpheus, the valley of Tempe, the Elysian fields, Tartarus;
temples, libraries, theatres ; a hippodrome, a naumachy, a gymnasium, baths, ..."
2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... a. passable by nothing ships of passing by water Navigator, nav'vè-ga-tûr. s.
a sailor naumachy, ..."
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