- a variation of dreadnought.
dreadnaught
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At Fiumicino, a seaport near Rome, he boarded the dreadnaught Conte di Cavour amid an ovation scarcely to be described.
From Time Magazine Archive
The snow cruiser is an automotive dreadnaught 55 ft. long, designed and built by Chicago's Armour Institute at a cost of $150,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
The special feature of the "M" boats, of which the M-1 was the first, consists in the fact that they are the only submarines which are equipped with a regular 12-inch dreadnaught gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
S. naval circles was caused by the British battleship Rodney, largest, most powerful dreadnaught in the world, possibly the largest battleship that will ever be built.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the end they become a sort of tradition, and years hence, when two of the ushers meet, they will cackle over old dreadnaught and her six cruisers.
From A Book of Burlesques by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
