corvette
noun/kɔːˈvet/
/kɔːrˈvet/
- a small fast ship used in war to protect other ships from attackTopics Transport by waterc2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Dutch korf, denoting a kind of ship, + the diminutive suffix -ette.
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