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Definition of Single shell
1. Noun. A shell for a single oarsman.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Single Shell
Literary usage of Single shell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"Thickening a single shell being inefficient, the effect of using two or three
... Here, as in the case of a single shell, the shielding is improved by ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1893)
"The case of a single shell with a small magnet at the centre is next considered,
... single shell.. .. IO .. 5'0 .. 4-8 .. 7-0 External field. ..."
3. The Portola Expedition of 1769-1770, Diary of Miguel Costanso by Miguel Costansó (1911)
"The sea, which did not yield even a single shell-fish, was no less barren, although
it abounded in sea-gulls and pelicans—the only fishermen on these ..."
4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1900)
"... the Asahi could only lose two of her 3-inch by a single shell. In the placing
of her 3-inch guns she is altogether better off than the Formidable, ..."
5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"single shell, Fig. 158, and 2. Double shell, Fig. 156. ... The single shell is
the general construction where carefully burned and selected brick not easily ..."
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