naumachy

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French naumachie and its source, Latin naumachia. === Noun === naumachy (plural naumachies) (obsolete) A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein. [17th c.] , II.2.4: Lacedæmonians held their public banquets […], plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, theatres, amphitheatres able to contain 70,000 men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to exhilarate the people […].