The simultaneous discharge of a battery of ordnance; a volley or broadside. Also transferred of thunder.
| 单词 | θ164429 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > an artillery shot > salvo or broadside (5) tire1575 The simultaneous discharge of a battery of ordnance; a volley or broadside. Also transferred of thunder. broadside1589 ‘The whole array, or the simultaneous discharge, of the artillery on one side of a ship of war’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). salvo1591 A simultaneous discharge of artillery or other firearms, whether with hostile intent or otherwise. salvee1632 A salvo, n.2 (of firearms). Subcategories:— of rockets (1) |
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