Corvette : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Corvette	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Corvette
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corvette n a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corvet \Cor"vet\ (k?r"v?t), Corvette \Cor*vette"\ (k?r-v?r"), n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. {Corbeil}.] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.