brown-water navy

English

Noun

brown-water navy (plural brown-water navies)

  1. Any naval force capable of military operations in fluvial or littoral environments, especially those carrying heavy sediment loads from soil runoff or flooding.

Coordinate terms
  • blue-water navy
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