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Definition of Gunboats
1. gunboat [n] - See also: gunboat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunboats
Literary usage of Gunboats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1857)
"Fortifications and gunboats. York, there were assigned a large number of gunboats.
He was inclined to believe that a number of frigates, to the amount of ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Six or seven gunboats were discovered. One of them opened upon us with tolerable
precision. I moved the command out of range, and reported the facts. ..."
3. The United Service (1889)
"7 In ordinary there are fourteen gunboats of the above classes, and in active
... Of the gunboats building, those of seven hundred and thirty-five tons (the ..."
4. The History of the Navy During the Rebellion by Charles Brandon Boynton (1867)
"FIGHT WITH THE gunboats. SOON after the battle of Pittsburg the value of the
gunboat? in ... This work was successfully performed by these gunboats. ..."
5. The Adventures of a Blockade Runner by William Watson (1893)
"Gelling to sea al last—Half-manned in a gale—Passing Ihc gunboats in tho ...
The gunboats off the mouth of the river continued firing at intervals, ..."
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