boarding party

English

Noun

boarding party (plural boarding parties)

(nautical) The group of sailors who were selected to board an enemy ship and, when in control, to make such repairs to rigging and sail that the ship could be taken to port as a prize

Translations

group of sailors to invade a ship

German: Enterkommando n
Hebrew: צֶוֶת הִשְׁתַּלְּטוּת‎ (he) m (tsevet hishtaltut)

Italian: gruppo d'assalto m
Russian: аборда́жная кома́нда f (abordážnaja kománda), аборда́жная па́ртия f (abordážnaja pártija)

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