fourth rate

/F AO1 R TH R EY0 T/

adjective

1
Alternative spelling of fourth-rate. [(UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 50–60 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 320–420, and weighing approximately 1,000 tons burthen.]

noun

1
Alternative spelling of fourth-rate. [(UK, military, nautical, historical) A fourth-rate ship of the line.]

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