Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A ship used for the training of boys and young seamen.

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Examples

  • "I shall not be much longer on the practice-ship," said the young man, with a gesture which seemed as if his hand were feeling for the hilt of his sword, which was not there, "for I am going very soon on my first voyage as an ensign."

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • "Young ladies," said Jacqueline, "I present to you a 'bordachien' -- a little middy from the practice-ship the Borda."

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • This induced Fred to let them understand something of life on board the practice-ship; he told how the masters who resided on shore ascended by a ladder to the gun-deck, which had been turned into a schoolroom; how six cadets occupied the space intended for each gun-carriage, where hammocks hung from hooks served them instead of beds; how the chapel was in a closet opened only on Sundays.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • There they found the Naval Academy in danger of attack, and “Old Ironsides”—serving as a practice-ship for the future midshipmen—also exposed.

    Our March to Washington 1914

  • S.B. Luce and the officers of the practice-ship "Macedonian" investigated the apprentice systems at Portsmouth and Plymouth,

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • "I shall not be much longer on the practice-ship," said the young man, with a gesture which seemed as if his hand were feeling for the hilt of his sword, which was not there, "for I am going very soon on my first voyage as an ensign."

    Jacqueline — Complete 1873

  • This induced Fred to let them understand something of life on board the practice-ship; he told how the masters who resided on shore ascended by

    Jacqueline — Complete 1873

  • "Young ladies," said Jacqueline, "I present to you a 'bordachien' -- a little middy from the practice-ship the Borda."

    Jacqueline — Complete 1873

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    August 26, 2011