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# longship

noun (a longship, longships)

«longship» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A long, narrow wooden ship with oars and a square sail, used by the Vikings for raiding, trading and exploring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history lessons Viking longships could sail across the sea and also up shallow rivers, so Vikings could raid places like Lindisfarne in 793. They often had a carved dragon head at the front. Phrases: «Viking longship».

### Examples

- The Vikings sailed to Britain in longships. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/#x1)
- A longship had a dragon's head carved at the front. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/#x2)
- Rowers sat on chests along the sides of the longship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/#x3)
- Longships could sail up shallow rivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/#x4)
- We made a model longship in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/#x5)
- Some Vikings were buried in their longships. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/#x6)

### Note

One word. Countable.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «longship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longship/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«longship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/longship.html) on Mova free.