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Definition of Massed fire
1. Noun. Fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships).
Literary usage of Massed fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Telephones and Telegraphs: 1902: And Municipal Electric Fire Alarm and by United States Bureau of the Census, William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin, Arthur Vaughan Abbott, William Mayer, jr (1906)
"The staff and the wagons are concentrated at three houses, located in sections
of the city where the greatest values of property are massed. Fire alarm pole ..."
2. The International Military Digest Annual by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1916)
"The characteristic features of its employment were early appearance in action,
massed fire from mass formations and a keen offensive spirit. ..."
3. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... medical and logistic support capabilities. massed fire—(DOD) I. The fire of
the batteries of two or more ships directed against a single target. 2. ..."
4. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"See CANNON, CARRONADES, GUNNERY, HOWITZER. by the massed fire of large batteries
of puns. The duke of Wellington also devoted the greatest attention to his ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... or a panic caused, by the massed fire of j An article on firearms would be
incomplete large batteries of guns. The Duke of Wellington without some ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... his infantry into action except as supports, until a way had been opened for
them, or a panic caused, by the massed fire of large batteries of guns. ..."
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