third-rate

== English == === Alternative forms === third rate === Adjective === third-rate (not comparable) (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen. (idiomatic) Poor, shoddy; less than second-rate. Synonyms: bad, lousy, third-class; see also Thesaurus:low-quality ==== See also ==== === Noun === third-rate (plural third-rates) (UK, military, nautical, historical) A third-rate ship of the line. ==== See also ==== two-decker