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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCHOOLSHIP
SCHOOLSHIP
School
"
ship
`, n.
Defn: A
vessel
employed
as
a
nautical
training
school,
in
which
naval
apprentices
receive
their
education
at
the
expense
of
the
state,
and
are
trained
for
service
as
sailors.
Also,
a
vessel
used
as
a
reform
school
to
which
boys
are
committed
by
the
courts
to
be
disciplined,
and
instructed
as
mariners.