brown-water navy (English, noun)
expansion: brown-water navy (plural brown-water navies)
Senses:
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A naval force capable of military operations in riverine and coastal environments.
tags: broadly
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
qualifier: strictly
glosses: A naval force capable of military operations only in inland waters.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: The portion of a naval force that is optimized for riverine operations.
Forms:
form: brown-water navies
tags: plural