MERRIMAC


Meaning of MERRIMAC in English

/mer"euh mak'/ , n.

a warship (originally the Union steamer Merrimack ) that the Confederates converted into an ironclad, renamed the Virginia, and used against the Monitor in 1862 in the first battle between ironclads.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .