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dreadnought

or dread·naught

[ dred-nawt ]

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noun

a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
an outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
a thick cloth with a long pile.

dreadnought

/ ˈdrɛdˌnɔːt /

First recorded in 1800–10; dread + nought

The Gladiator wore a lady's bonnet; the Farnese Hercules looked like an old-fashioned watchman, and sported a dreadnought coat.

On the 21st of October, early in the morning, the Dreadnought made the signal for the enemy.

To-morrow, or let us say within three months, England could possess an aerial dreadnought superior to any Zeppelin.

In 1915 the French pinned their faith to a giant triplane, which well deserved to be called "the Dreadnought of the Air."

Perhaps the greatest war invention of modern times was the British battleship Dreadnought.

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