Sherwood Forest en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɝwʊd ˈfɔɹɪst/ (General-American)
- /ˈʃɜːwʊd ˈfɒɹɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
- A country park in Nottinghamshire, England.
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(slang) The banks of Polaris missile tubes on a submarine.
Fifteen other launcher tubes — Polaris submarines have 16 in the midships "Sherwood Forest" compartment […]
1966, Flight International, volume 90, page 36:Here crewmen are standing by in "Sherwood Forest" — as the missile compartment is named […]
1964, Adventure in Partnership: The Story of Polaris, page 34:
Translations (7)
is Skírisskógur (country park) · ja シャーウッドの森 (country park) · fr forêt de Sherwood (country park) · sv Sherwoodskogen (country park) · ka შერვუდის ტყე (country park) · ru Шервудский лес (country park) · fi Sherwoodin metsä (country park)