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Definition of Langrage
1. n. A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.
Definition of Langrage
1. Noun. Scraps of metal used to fire at an enemy in naval warfare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Langrage
1. a shot formerly used in naval warfare [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Langrage
Literary usage of Langrage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"langrage shot ... with Ian- grage-shol; tirare a —, to fire grape or canister-shot,
lo fire langrage-shol ..."
2. The United Service (1897)
"A short way up stream, round a bend, two large proas were encountered, fully
manned and armed, and a sharp fire of grape and langrage saluted the pinnace. ..."
3. History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 1623-1905 by Francis Byron Greene (1906)
"... took into their possession Quantity of cannon Ball & langrage, the Property
of this Colony, & is now on board said schooner. ..."
4. A History of American Privateers by Edgar Stanton Maclay (1900)
"The only langrage Captain Robinson used on this occasion was the crowbar referred
to. No better illustration of the dare-devil spirit of ..."
5. History of the consulate and the empire of france under napoleon by Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell, Henry William Herbert (1893)
"It was a barrel filled with powder and langrage, to which was adjusted a
musket-barrel with a trigger. This machine was evidently destined to blow up the ..."
6. Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to by Jared Sparks (1853)
"Afterwards a sloop was fired, which burned two others, while the rest were cutting
away, amidst the shot of our rifles and langrage, and slipping higher up ..."
7. The Life and Services of Commodore William Bainbridge, United States Navy by Thomas Harris (1837)
"In the early part of the action, Commodore Bainbridge was wounded by a musket
ball in the hip, and shortly afterward by a piece of langrage in the thigh. ..."
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