CORVETTE


Meaning of CORVETTE in English

[cor.vette] n [F, fr. MF, prob. fr. MD corf, a kind of ship, lit., basket--more at corf] (1636) 1: a warship ranking in the old sailing navies next below a frigate

2: a highly maneuverable armed escort ship that is smaller than a destroyer

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