sixth-rate

== English == === Alternative forms === sixth rate === Adjective === sixth-rate (not comparable) (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy warship in the Napoleonic Era: having 20–28 guns on one gun deck, a complement of 140–200, and weighing 340–550 tons burthen. (idiomatic, uncommon) Terrible, awful; less than fifth-rate. Synonyms: dismal, horrible, rubbish; see also Thesaurus:bad ==== See also ==== === Noun === sixth-rate (plural sixth-rates) (UK, military, nautical, historical) A sixth-rate warship. ==== See also ==== frigate post ship