landship

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landship

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From land + ship. Contra Old English landsċipe (“countryside, region, tract of land”) and Modern English landscape. Displaced by tank.

noun landships · land-ship · land ship

  1. archaic An armored combat vehicle; a tank.

    Similar: land battleship, land cruiser, land ironclad

  2. archaic A superheavy tank; supertank.

    Similar: land battleship, land cruiser

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@misc{landship_2026,
  title = {landship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/landship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}