What does "broadside" mean?
Broadside: A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
Additional senses
- 2.A volley of abuse or denunciation. [Colloq.]
- 3.(Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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