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school ship

noun

  1. a vessel used in training students for nautical careers.


school ship

noun

  1. a ship for training young men in seamanship, for a career in the regular or merchant navy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of school ship1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
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Example Sentences

This is an “Industrial School Ship” for boys between the ages of 11 and 14 years.

The boys did not believe that he was one of the crew of the school ship Investigator.

She is now used as a school-ship for the training of seamen.

The school-ship St. Mary's has just started off for her summer cruise.

Harry Darrel, having received a nautical training on a school-ship, is bent on going to sea.

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