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Definition of Star shell
1. Noun. An artillery shell containing an illuminant.
Definition of Star shell
1. Noun. (military) A type of ammunition shell which bursts to release a shower of stars for illuminating enemy positions etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Star Shell
Literary usage of Star shell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soldier Songs by Patrick MacGill (1917)
"THE STAR-SHELL (Loos.) A STAR-SHELL holds the sky beyond Shell-shivered Loos,
and drops In million sparkles on a pond That lies by Hulluch copse. ..."
2. En Repos and Elsewhere Over There: Verses Written in France, 1917-1918 by Lansing Warren, Robert A. Donaldson (1918)
"... curving high, Spreading a glow o'er the inky sky, Showing the lines like an
ugly gash, Then drifting away in a breath of air — The star-shell flare. ..."
3. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"A star shell bursts above us. The repair work is finished. we could not stand
... It does not take many seconds for a star shell to die away to a glow, ..."
4. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"It does not take many seconds for a star shell to die away to a glow, but in
those seconds ... We had not finished work before a new star shell was sent up. ..."
5. First Call: Guide Posts to Berlin by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"There is another type used, called the " parachute star shell. ... If the wind
is blowing, this star shell "travels" and is very ..."
6. Turmoil: Verses Written in France, 1917-1919 by Robert A. Donaldson, . (1919)
"... Spreading a glow o'er the inky sky, Showing the lines like an ugly gash, Then
drifting away in a breath of air — Comes the star-shell flare. ..."
7. Work-a-day Warriors by Joseph Lee (1918)
"THE STAR-SHELL (WITH APOLOGIES TO THE GENTLE SHADE OF JANE TAYLOR) TWINKLE,
twinkle, little star, I know just what the 'ell you are, Up above the trench so ..."
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