資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fleet \Fleet\, n. [OE. flete, fleote, AS. fle['o]t ship, fr.
   fle['o]tan to float, swim. See {Fleet}, v. i. and cf.
   {Float}.]
   A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also,
   the collective naval force of a country, etc.

   {Fleet captain}, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet,
      when a captain. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.