timberclad
/ˈtɪmbə(ɹ)ˌklæd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Describing a warship armored with thick wooden planks for protection, especially during the American Civil War.
noun
A timberclad warship.
Example Sentences
- "Prof. Shimek, who has studied the fossils and argues strongly for the eolian origin, says the shells found at Council Bluffs, Iowa and at other points were denizens of timberclad hills."
- "At this time the streets of Melbourne were unformed, gum trees covered the present site of the city, timberclad slopes extended down to the Yarra, which was then a pleasant unpolluted stream."
- "For instance, when I go to Manchester where I hold court I cross a small stream which runs under a railroad bridge and then is lost behind timberclad hills."
- "Three timberclad gunboats also joined the federal flotilla as escorts for the troop transports."
- "Although the timberclad gunboats, the first units in the Western Flotilla, performed well, there were too few of them to accomplish all the missions required: Army support, counterinsurgency, convoy protection, patrol, communications, and coast guard."
- "A timberclad warship is a kind of mid 19th century river gunboat."