eighteens
- plural of eighteen.
Example Sentences
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“Ooh wee! Yo, Benny, we got steel and eighteens on this one!” he shouted like he was talking about a car.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
Characteristically enough, James, though he carefully reckons in the long bow-chasers in the bridle-ports of the Argus and Enterprise, yet refuses to count the two long eighteens mounted through the bridle-ports on the Guerrière's main-deck.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore
The Neversink's main-deck-batteries then consisted, as now, of twenty-four-pounders; the Macedonian's of only eighteens.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman
Four eighteens a-side, and one twenty-four forward and one aft.
From Carette of Sark by Oxenham, John
Six long twenty-fours of the new make, here in front, and two eighteens upon either flank, and I should like to see the whole of the Boulogne flotilla try to take yonder shore by daylight.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
