Definitions for longship

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longship long·ship

Spelling: [lawng-ship, long-]

IPA: /ˈlɔŋˌʃɪp, ˈlɒŋ-/

Longship is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in longship (ghilnops).

Definitions for longship

noun

1. a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.

Origin of longship

First recorded in 1560-70; long¹ + ship¹

Examples for longship

Now we saw a boat lowered from the longship's side, and one by one armed men entered her, and she sank deeply in the water.

He is said to have left the city and to have taken up his abode on his longship.

The boat wallowed, but rode the waves better than the longship.

The galley, or longship, had carried guns on a platform at the bows, pointing forward.

Now the longship held on her course steadily, never shifting her helm for so much as a point.

There seemed every chance that we should be upon the longship before they knew what we were about, for we had the weather gauge.

The longship's lighthouse stood up, a grey shadow in a grey scene.