guard ship

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   a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron

   Broaderwarship

Questions about guard ship

What does guard ship mean?

guard ship means "a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron".

Is guard ship a common word?

guard ship is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.