fireship

== English == === Etymology === From fire +‎ ship. === Pronunciation === === Noun === fireship (plural fireships) (nautical, historical) A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them. Synonym: (obsolete) brulot (vulgar, slang) A diseased prostitute. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (boat ablaze): fireboat hellburner (prostitute): frenchified venereal disease ==== References ==== Depraved and Insulting English – Peter Novobatsky & Ammon Shea →ISBN