Pigboat (Noun)
Meaning
A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The pigboat slid silently through the dark waters, its crew on high alert for any sign of the enemy fleet.
- Early in the 20th century, pigboats became a key component of many naval forces around the world, significantly altering the dynamics of war at sea.
- Despite initial skepticism, pigboats proved themselves to be an increasingly effective and deadly form of naval warfare by the end of World War II.
- During the cold war pigboats became an increasingly important component of the United States' and Soviet Union's nuclear arsenals.
- German pigboats, known as u-boats, terrorized Allied shipping during the two World Wars, exacting a significant toll on US and British convoys.