·adj Qualified for war; fit for battle.
II. Fighting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Fight.
III. Fighting ·adj Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field.
Kept in their respective fire-buckets at quarters, in readiness for night action only. There is usua...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Those to which a ship is reduced when going into action; formerly implying the courses and top-sails...
Casks filled and placed on the decks, expressly for use in action. When the head was broken in, vine...