‘The whole array, or the simultaneous discharge, of the artillery on one side of a ship of war’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > firing of guns > type of shot (4) broadside1589 ‘The whole array, or the simultaneous discharge, of the artillery on one side of a ship of war’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). prow1600 The fore gun-deck holding the bow-guns; (hence) a discharge of shot from these (rare). Cf. chase, n.1 6. Obsolete. a shot between wind and water1695 Phrases. (a) a shot between wind and water, also slang (cf. shoot, v. 30d). (b) like a shot (colloquial): at once, with rapidity. Also, without… water-liner1898 a shot that hits a vessel on the waterline. |
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