'Torpedo-boat destroyer' definitions:
Definition of 'torpedo-boat destroyer'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
Definition of 'Torpedo-boat destroyer'
From: GCIDE
- Torpedo-boat destroyer \Tor*pe"do-boat` de*stroy"er\ A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]