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ghost ship

noun — 2 senses

ghost ship

noun

Etymology ghost + ship

1

Nautical, Transport An abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.

  • When Hayes turned to Jephson's contribution, he found that it commenced with a description of the famous ghost ship, the Marie Celeste, being towed into Gibraltar harbor.2014, Valerie Martin, The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
2

Synonym of shadow ship.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.