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Fleet may refer to:
[edit] Places
"Fleet" is a geographical name:
- Fleet, a village in Dorset, England, sited on The Fleet, a lagoon
- Fleet, in the county of Hampshire, England
- a Fleet, in Kent, inlet, creek, a name for saline waterways in the Thames marshes
- the River Fleet, a subterranean river in London
- Fleet, in the county of Lincolnshire, England
- Gatehouse of Fleet a small town in Dumfries and Galloway, lying on the Water of Fleet
- Fleet, Highland, in the Scottish Highlands
[edit] Vehicles
A fleet is a collection of ships or vehicles, with many specific connotations:
See List of fleets for a full list of fleets
[edit] Surname
[edit] Other uses
Fleet used as a verb is also a colloquial expression used by fisherman to describe a vessel’s first movement when she drags her keel along the ground as the rising flood tide is just beginning to float her off.
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