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stern chaser
noun
- a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
stern-chaser
noun
- a gun mounted at the stern of a vessel for firing aft at a pursuing vessel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stern chaser1
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Example Sentences
"I see you were just getting out a stern chaser," and he pointed to the gun.
The stern-chaser belched forth, and the shot tore across the water, but missed the Caroline.
She was a little larger than the James in length and beam, but had carried no armament other than the now damaged stern-chaser.
The vessel had swung round a little, so that her stern-chaser, a culverin twelve feet long, pointed full at the fort.
They feared he had made up his mind to run, and this gun was to be used as a stern-chaser.
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