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Definition of Prison ship

Prison ship
Prison Pris"on (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See Prehensile, and cf. Prize, n., Misprision.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o? confinement, restraint, or safe custody. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant [AE]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. Prison bars, or Prison base. See Base, n., 24. Prison breach. (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4. Prison house, a prison. --Shak. Prison ship (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. Prison van, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison.

Meaning of Prison ship from wikipedia

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- 40°41′30″N 73°58′32″W / 40.6918°N 73.9756°W / 40.6918; -73.9756 The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park, in the New York...
- A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where people...
- Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities used as floating prisons in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were extensively used in England...
- the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument at Fort Greene Park, once the scene of a portion of the Battle of Long Island. Survivors of the British prison ships include...
- before being converted to a hospital ship in 1771. In 1780 she was converted again, this time to a prison ship, and was used by the British during the...
- during the Second World War. It was later used as a barracks ship and then a prison ship in Northern Ireland. It was built to support the increasing number...
- Success was an Australian prison ship, built in 1840 at Natmoo[where?], Burma, for ****erell & Co. of Calcutta. Between the 1890s and the 1930s, she was...
- prisoners of war sometimes referred to British prison ships they were held in using the terms "****" and "**** ship". Captured Patriot military personnel who...