English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "flotilla" is 'n groep klein skepe of bote wat tipies vir 'n spesifieke doel gebruik word, soos militêre operasies, visvang of plesiervaarte. Flotillas kan in grootte wissel van net 'n paar vaartuie tot dosyne of selfs honderde bote. Die term word algemeen gebruik om te verwys na 'n groep vlootvaartuie of 'n vloot klein bote wat vir 'n spesifieke missie of doel gebruik word.

Sentence Examples

  1. He remounted the bridge, and guided the steamer through the flotilla of junks, tankas, and fishing boats which crowd the harbour of Hong Kong.
  2. And yet when Raoul commenced his labor of classing the flotilla, and got together the chalands and lighters to send them to Toulon, one of the fishermen told the comte that his boat had been laid up to refit since a trip he had made on account of a gentleman who was in great haste to embark.
  3. The flotilla inched into the Forth, unwieldy and impossible to manoeuvre.
  4. The sounds of the flotilla died away, so she heard the hush of the waves, the call of a bird and something else further away.
  5. The flotilla, sent to Toulon by the exertions of Raoul, had set out, dragging after it in little nutshells, almost invisible, the wives and friends of the fishermen and smugglers put in requisition for the service of the fleet.
  6. The Cenel Bearnas pushed their flotilla out, so the boats tossed and bounced a few yards off the shingle beach.
  7. The dragon ship had sailed into the heart of the scattered flotilla of the Cenel Bearnas, and there was a battle underway.