Fire ship

Japanese: 火船 - ひぶね

〘Noun〙① A ship used by navies in the Sengoku period, loaded with burnt grass and set on fire, and sent upwind to set fire to enemy fleets. Burning ship. Burning grass ship. *Gobu Mishima Ryushusen Yoho (1795), Shipbuilding Law: "Set up a burning ship when the wind is in your favor, and set it on fire to attack."② A ship that lights a fire when several boats work together to fish at night. [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)]③ A steamship. Kasen. Fire wheel ship. [Wa-Eigo Rinshusei (reprint) (1872)]

Ka- senkwa... [Fire ship]

〘Noun〙① A ship set on fire. A ship or raft is loaded with straw, wood, etc., set on fire, and released from upwind toward an enemy fleet. [Wei Shu - Xiao Zhuang Ji] ② = Karinsen (fire wheel ship) ※ Overseas Ibun (1844) 5 "There is something called a fire ship. (Omitted) There are large iron wheels on both sides of the ship. There is an engine inside the ship, and when a large fire is lit, water boils. By touching the mechanism, the outer wheel moves, and the water is paddled to move the ship forward."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 戦国時代の水軍が用いたもので、焼草などを積んで火をつけ、風上より流して敵の船隊を火攻めにする船。焼船。焼草船。※合武三島流舟戦要法（1795）営船「火船を順風に仕掛、焼討にもすべし」② 数艘が一組で夜間に網漁を行なう際、火をたく船。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕③ 蒸気船のこと。かせん。火輪船。〔和英語林集成（再版）（1872）〕

か‐せんクヮ‥【火船】

〘名〙① 火をつけた船。船やいかだに、わら、木などを積みこんで火をつけ、風上から敵船団に向けて放す。〔魏書‐孝荘紀〕② ＝かりんせん（火輪船）※海外異聞（1844）五「火船というものあり〈略〉船の両脇に鉄の大なる車有。船中に機関ありて、大に火を焚くに湯沸騰り、其からくりに触て外の車を動し、水を掻きて船を進ましむ」

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