noun (n)

• a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries

  madyam saiz square rigged perang dari 18th dan 19th abad

  source: wordnet30
• a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser

  sebuah perang amerika lebih berat dari destroyer dan kecil dari mobil polisi

  source: wordnet30
• Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them.

  awalnya, sebuah kapal yang berlayar mediterania propelled oleh dan oleh dayung. perancis, tentang 1650, ditransfer namanya menjadi wadah lebih besar, dan oleh itu telah 1750 appropriated untuk kelas menengah kapal perang antara corvettes dan kapal dari garis. frigates, dari tentang 1750 untuk 1850, punya satu baterai dek dan penuh, sering, satu berlawan dengan pemantik baterai dek. mereka membawa kadang sebanyak meriam. setelah penerapan uap untuk navigasi aku uap frigates/ aku dari kebanyakan meningkat ukuran dan kekuasaan dibangun, dan membentuk bagian utama yang navies dunia sampai sekitar 1870, ketika pengenalan ironclads superseded mereka.

  source: webster1913