n. Naut.
1. a small naval escort-vessel.
2 hist. a flush-decked warship with one tier of guns.
Etymology: F f. MDu. korf kind of ship + dimin. -ETTE
CORVETTE
Meaning of CORVETTE in English
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012
n. Naut.
1. a small naval escort-vessel.
2 hist. a flush-decked warship with one tier of guns.
Etymology: F f. MDu. korf kind of ship + dimin. -ETTE
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012