Definition of Broadsiding

1. Verb. (present participle of broadside) ¹

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Definition of Broadsiding

1. broadside [v] - See also: broadside

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broadsiding

broadnosed
broadpiece
broadpieces
broads
broadscale
broadseal
broadsealed
broadsealing
broadseam
broadseams
broadsheet
broadsheets
broadside
broadsided
broadsides
broadsiding (current term)
broadspectrum
broadspread
broadspreading
broadsword
broadswords
broadtail
broadtails
broadus
broadways
broadwing
broadwings
broadwise
broasted
brob

Literary usage of Broadsiding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1898)
"1753-1755] the Gulf-Stream ; but has, June 9th (a month before that of Braddock), come up with Two Frigates of it, and, after short broadsiding, made prizes ..."

2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"... intense • smelting) are dateable as follows :s • Vernon attacks Porto-Bello; attacks certain Castles so-called, with furious broadsiding, followed by ..."

3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... at last lie potentially accessible; and we hope to get in upon Don Bias and it. There ensue five days of intricate sea-work; not much of broadsiding, ..."

4. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1837)
"... and the Shannon was so cut in her hull, by eight minute» broadsiding, that it was with difficulty she ,'шЫ be kept afloat during the night, ..."

5. Vision for a New IRS: Report of the National Commission on Restructuring the by Bob Kerry (1998)
"They believe that broadsiding the institution for all of the difficulties and controversies surrounding federal taxes makes their jobs more difficult, ..."

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