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Meanings of full broadside in English

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Usage of full broadside in English
1
In a moment Keen would stand away and loose off a full broadside.
Success to the Brave
2
He would probably be wishing it was a full broadside instead.
Sword of Honour
3
The compliment was returned in the form of a full broadside, and the action commenced.
American Merchant Ships and Sailors
4
I prefer a full broadside to your minute-guns.
The Two Admirals
5
It must have been a full broadside for someone yelled with disbelief, The Frenchie's goin' about!
Colors Aloft!
6
I accordingly moved my arm and covered her; she saw me move and halted, exposing a full broadside.
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science -...
7
The ship was swaying over as deck by deck the full broadside was fired across the smoky water.
The Only Victor
8
A full broadside, fired into oblivion.
Cross of St. George
9
While the 'Thorn' was getting into position, the enemy fired a full broadside at her which did but little damage.
The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
10
We'll fire a full broadside of gingerbread at the old Green Isle, and teach the people to eat for a living.
Town and Country; Or, Life at Home and Abroad, Without and Withi...
11
The rest would shoot as they found the target, not in a full broadside, but deck by deck, pair by pair.
Colors Aloft!
12
We will then luff, and if the wind is kind to us we can rake the enemy with the other full broadside.'
Second to None
13
Any one of those nine-pounders could cripple his command, slow her down until she reeled beneath a full broadside as Sinclair had.
Honour This Day
14
So we cannot work steadily: we must wait and release the equivalent of a full broadside in the moments when he is level.
His Majesty’s Dragon
15
As soon as he had got on board, and his boat was stowed away, the Leopard fired a full broadside into the American frigate.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
16
The roar of the full broadside seemed to hang in the air, an echo perhaps of the double-shotted onslaught which had found its target.
Heart of oak
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