Gunboat

/ɡˈʌnbə‍ʊt/

/ˈɡənˌboʊt/

[noun]

Gunboat

[NOUN]

a small ship equipped with many mounted guns, often used near coastal areas

Examples

1. The Russians lost only one gunboat.

2. Now, at first the war in the West was essentially fought with gunboats, little ironclad gunboats, and armies on the land.

3. On the 30th, the American gunboat Tutiula is damaged by Japanese bombers in Chongqing.

4. In June 1863, Tubman, along with free blacks of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers and the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, boarded three Naval gunboats in the dark of night.