Definition of Frigete
Frig"ate (?), n. [F.
frégate, It. fregata, prob. contracted fr. L.
fabricata something constructed or built. See
Fabricate.] 1. Originally, a vessel of
the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about
1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been
appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between
corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850,
had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter
battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the
application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely
increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the
navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of
ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled frigat and
friggot.]
2. Any small vessel on the water.
[Obs.] Spenser.
Frigate bird (Zoöl.), a web-
footed rapacious bird, of the genus Fregata; -- called also
man-of-war bird, and frigate pelican. Two species are
known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F.
aquila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful
flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing
gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the
pelicans. -- Frigate mackerel
(Zoöl.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of
little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the
United States. -- Frigate pelican.
(Zoöl.) Same as Frigate bird.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
FRIGATE. A well-rigged frigate; a well-dressed wench.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading etc but not in line of battle.
- A 19th c. type of warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam propelled iron battleship.
- A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWI) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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