pirateship

plural pirateships

1. alternativeAlternative form of pirate ship.

   The pirateship Compton Maru claimed it had just called on Xanadu.

   2008, Mike Shepherd, Kris Longknife: Intrepid, →ISBN, pages 64–65

   5 more examples

   Pirateship Down: Stories from the World of The Sentinels of New Orleans

   2015, Suzanne Johnson, Pirateship Down: Stories from the World of The Sentinels of New Orleans, →ISBN

   "Duly noted. Hey," he said, brightening as he saw the pirateship ride, the boat swinging back and forth while a few brave humans raised their arms victoriously.

   2014, Chloe Neill, Wild Things: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel, →ISBN, page 312

   From striking architectural statements to theatrical interior designs, from pirateship battle to an electronic sky spectacular, from dining in a magical empire to gambling in a 24th century spaceship, more than 30 million annual visitors have enjoyed the creative imagination of the gambling industry.

   2000, Richard K. Miller, The ... Casino and Gaming Business Market Research Handbook, Volume 2, page 562

   He was later to be the RNAS pilot of the first aircraft ever to be catapulted from a battleship - actually off HMS Vindictive in order to locate a pirateship, Vindictive, closing to capture all eleven of the pirate crew off Byas Bay, Hong Kong.

   2001, R. L. Bowley, Scilly at war, page 284

   When I have added here that the Pirate scheme was blown to shivers, by the Pirateship which had the Treasure on board being so vigorously attacked by one of His Majesty's cruisers, among the West India Keys, and being so swiftly boarded and carried, that nobody suspected anything about the scheme until three-fourths of the Pirates were killed, and the other fourth were in irons, and the Treasure was recovered; I come to the last singular confession I have got to make.

   1858, Charles Dickens, Novels and Tales: Reprinted from Household Words. ¬The perils of certain English prisoners, and their treasure in women, children, silver and jewels [u.a.], Volume 7, page 117

1. uncountableSynonym of piracy.

   I don't approve of pirateship such as they did in their recent examples.

   1918, Jack Morris Wright, A Poet of the Air: Letters of Jack Morris Wright, First Lieutenant of the American Aviation in France, April, 1917-January, 1918, page 55

   Synonyms: piracy