单词 | broadsiding |
释义 | broadsidingn. 1. The firing of broadsides. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > firing of guns broadsiding1858 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > types of firing reverse fire1758 vertical fire1852 broadsiding1858 map fire1922 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. x. 500 Byng's Seafight, done..with due emphasis of broadsiding. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. xii. 381 Vernon..attacks certain Castles so-called, with furious broadsiding. 2. The skidding of a motor cycle (see broadside v.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > skidding > sideways > controlled broadsiding1932 1932 Daily Express 25 June 17/5 Forty-six miles an hour does not seem much to the uninitiated, but it is the broadsiding that makes dirt-track cycling what it is. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1858 |
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