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Webster 1828 Edition
Flotilla
FLOTIL'LA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
flotilla
flotilla
English
Noun
flotilla (plural flotillas)
- (nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 102:
- Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 102:
Translations
small fleet