Q-ship
Meanings
noun
- A merchant ship with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.
Word forms
Etymology
Short for Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland, the home port of the British Q-ships, when they were first implemented in World War I.
Synonyms
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