What is a number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side called?
column — (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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