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n. care; protection

n. a war vessel appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed among their respective ships.

n. Care; protection.

n. Care; protection.

n. A vessel of war appointed to protect a harbor or to superintend marine affairs in it, and sometimes to receive naval offenders and seamen not assigned to duty on other vessels.

n. One of the vessels of a squadron having the duty, among others, of boarding any arriving vessels.

n. a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron

"The following year she moved to the guardship Royal Sovereign, then decided to serve an apprenticeship as a shipwright, which she managed despite hard work and awful difficulties, with the help of her multitude of friends many of whom were girlfriends, with whom she had lighthearted and probably lesbian relationships."

war vessel    warship    combat ship   

care    protection   

bullfighting    hybridisation    stock-taking    guarda-costa    soutache