单词 | broadsider |
释义 | broadsidern. 1. A gun that fires from the side of a warship; a firing of all the guns from one side of a warship (now historical). Also figurative. Cf. broadside n. 2. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words bruntc1425 assaultc1449 battery1562 onset1566 brash1573 breach1578 onslaught1613 onfall1646 attack1653 assay?1705 to return to the charge1752 arietation1797 set-to1808 set1829 dead set1835 go-in1858 on-ding1871 hatchet work1938 blitzkrieg1939 blitz1940 carpet bombing1956 bowling1959 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > gun in specific position nosepiecea1614 stern-piece1622 chase-piece1626 rakera1640 chase-gun1667 bow-chase1769 chaser1804 stern-chaser1815 top gun1816 bow-chaser1836 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 tire1575 broadside1589 salvo1591 salvee1632 1807 C. I. M. Dibdin Mirth & Metre 153 When the foe heaves in sight, then he [sc. a sailor] flies to his post, And with a broadsider he answers each boast. 1873 R. Fynes Miners of Northumberland & Durham xviii. 95 The procession..would give a ‘broadsider’ to those who had been at such pains to misrepresent them. 1883 Truth 3 May 606/2 She carries four guns of 100 tons each, en barbette, and fourteen guns of 7½ tons, broadsiders. 1891 Naut. Mag. Sept. 821 The weight of metal discharged in a broadsider of Nelson's flagship was 1,150 lbs. 1977 S. Sternlicht McKinley's Bulldog 2 The revolving gun turret, which could instantly make a protected gun..a port or starboard broadsider at the whim of a commander and the turning of a steam-propelled table, was another Yankee innovation. 1985 Irish Times 23 Nov. 4/2 UCD [= University College Dublin football club]..won their first league point, thanks to a two-goal broadsider from Brendan Murphy against Cork City. ΚΠ 1861 J. H. Burton Book-hunter in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 649/1 Not a black-letter man..or an Elzevirian, or a broadsider,..or an old-brown-calf man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < |
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