blockship

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noun

A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)

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Meanings

nounblockship (plural blockships)

plural blockships

  1. nauticalA vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)

    […] the veteran paddle-steamer Gondolier was sunk as a blockship at Scapa Flow; […].

    1946 September and October, “Notes and News: The War Effect on the Clyde Steamers”, in Railway Magazine, page 324

Origin

From block + ship.

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APA

blockship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockship

MLA

“blockship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockship. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blockship,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blockship.

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