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Definition of Frigate
1. Noun. A medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries.
2. Noun. A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser.
Definition of Frigate
1. n. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them.
Definition of Frigate
1. Noun. (nautical) An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A 19th c. type of warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frigate
1. a sailing vessel [n -S]
Medical Definition of Frigate
1. 1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. (Formerly spelled frigat and friggot.) 2. Any small vessel on the water. Frigate bird Same as Frigate bird. Origin: F. Fregate, It. Fregata, prob. Contracted fr. L. Fabricata something constructed or. Built. See Fabricate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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