Found 2 items, similar to torpedo-boat destroyer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: torpedo-boat destroyer torpedo-boat destroyer n : small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
English → English (gcide) Definition: Torpedo-boat destroyer Torpedo-boat destroyer \Tor*pe"do-boat` de*stroy"er\ A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]