Usually means: Large warship with multiple guns.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word ship of the line:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. ship of the line: Merriam-Webster
  2. ship of the line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ship of the line: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ship of the line: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ship of the line: Vocabulary.com
  6. ship of the line: Wordnik
  7. ship of the line: Wiktionary
  8. ship of the line: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. ship of the line: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. ship of the line: Dictionary.com
  11. Ship of the Line, Ship-of-the-line, Ship of the line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. ship of the line: Rhymezone
  13. ship of the line: FreeDictionary.org
  14. ship of the line: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. ship of the line: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ship-of-the-line, Ship of the line (of battle), ship of the line: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ship of the line: The Folk File

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See ship_of_the_lines as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ship of the line)

noun:  (nautical, military) A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker.

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