Indiaman
[indiәmәn]
Definition
(noun.) a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India.
Checked by Felicia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A large vessel in the India trade.
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- Inquiries made at Plymouth proved that they had sailed, forty-eight hours previously, in the BEWLEY CASTLE, East Indiaman, bound direct to Bombay. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They are now (there is every reason to believe) on their passage to Bombay, in an East Indiaman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I said to Charley this would be one of the great Indiaman's boats now, and we stopped to look. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The large Indiaman was our great attraction because she had come into the downs in the night. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Ramchunder, East Indiaman, came into the river this morning, having on board 14 officers, and 132 rank and file of this gallant corps. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In their midst the central steeple towers proudly up like the mainmast of some great Indiaman among a fleet of coasters. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The heir to the estate (Sir Percival having left no issue) was a son of Sir Felix Glyde's first cousin, an officer in command of an East Indiaman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checker: Mortimer