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Definition :

Fleet [fr. fleot, Sax., an estuary], a place where the tide flows, a creek, or inlet of water, hence Northfleet, Purfleet; also a company of ships or navy; also a prison in London (so called from a river or ditch formerly in its vicinity), now abolished by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 22.