naval Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
    • naval history
    • naval commander
    • naval vessels

WordNet

Na"val adjective
Etymology
L. navalis, fr. navis ship: cf. F. naval. See Nave of a church.
Definitions
  1. Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc. Syn. -- Nautical; marine; maritime. -- Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.

Webster 1913