弩ど級きゅう戦せん艦かん

noun

dreadnought-class battleship

Historical naval term referring to the revolutionary British battleship HMS Dreadnought (1906) and the class of all-big-gun battleships it inspired. Used in Japanese primarily in historical or military contexts.

• 弩ど級きゅう戦せん艦かんの登とう場じょうは海かい軍ぐん戦せん略りゃくを一いっ変ぺんさせた。

  The arrival of dreadnought-class battleships completely changed naval strategy.