third-rate
See also: third rate
English
Adjective
third-rate (not comparable)
- Of lesser value or quality than second-rate.
- (military, nautical, historical) Describing a British ship-of-the-line with 64 to 80 guns divided across two gun decks.
See also
- first-rate
- second-rate
- (military, nautical): two-decker
Noun
third-rate (plural third-rates)
- (military, nautical, historical) A British ship-of-the-line with 64 to 80 guns divided across two gun decks.