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Definition of Capital ship
1. Noun. A warship of the first rank in size and armament.
Definition of Capital ship
1. Noun. (nautical) the most important types of warships, capable of projecting ''fleet-in-being'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Ship
Literary usage of Capital ship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War's New Weapons: An Expert Analysis in Plain Language of the Weapons and by Hrolf von Dewitz (1915)
"... CHAPTER IV THE capital ship Super-dreadnaught vs. Battle Cruiser The North
Sea is seldom calm where it rolls into the Skagerak, that stormy strait, ..."