甲こう鉄てつ艦かん

noun

ironclad warship; armored ship

Historical term for a 19th-century warship protected by iron or steel armor plates. In modern contexts, 装甲艦 or more specific ship classifications are used.

• 幕ばく末まつに日本にほんは甲こう鉄てつ艦かんを導どう入にゅうした。

  Japan introduced ironclad warships at the end of the Edo period.

• 甲こう鉄てつ艦かんは木もく造ぞう船せんに鉄てっ板ぱんを張はった軍ぐん艦かんだ。

  An ironclad is a warship with iron plates attached to a wooden hull.