Source Word
armored cruiser
Noun
(military)
A
type
of
cruiser
(the
warship)
common
in
the
late
19th
and
early
20th
centuries,
carrying
a
small
number
of
moderately-heavy
main
guns
plus
a
large
secondary
battery
of
smaller
guns
and
with
armor
protecting
the
sides
and
upper
and
lower
decks,
but
lighter
and
with
thinner
armor
and
less
powerful
guns
than
a
battleship;
a
mainstay
of
battle
fleets
around
the
turn
of
the
20th
century,
but
displaced
from
this
role
by
the
more
powerful
battlecruiser
after
ca.
1908,
becoming
obsolescent
by
the
time
of
WWI.
Japanese Meaning
装甲巡洋艦：19世紀末から20世紀初頭にかけて運用された戦闘艦の一形態で、主砲が比較的中程度の重さで、小型の副兵装を多数搭載し、側面や上下甲板に装甲を施しているもの。戦艦に比べ装甲が薄く、火力も劣るが、当時の戦力の中核を担っていた。
Sense（1）
(military)
A
type
of
cruiser
(the
warship)
common
in
the
late
19th
and
early
20th
centuries,
carrying
a
small
number
of
moderately-heavy
main
guns
plus
a
large
secondary
battery
of
smaller
guns
and
with
armor
protecting
the
sides
and
upper
and
lower
decks,
but
lighter
and
with
thinner
armor
and
less
powerful
guns
than
a
battleship;
a
mainstay
of
battle
fleets
around
the
turn
of
the
20th
century,
but
displaced
from
this
role
by
the
more
powerful
battlecruiser
after
ca.
1908,
becoming
obsolescent
by
the
time
of
WWI.
（ plural ）
