langrage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of langrage
First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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A discharge of langrage from one of the two long brass guns, mounted on her prow, flew amongst the boats, without taking effect.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
A langrage shot, consisting of bits of iron, bullets, nails, and other matters, got together in haste for a sudden emergency.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
“Only two; Spearling has lost his thumb with a piece of langrage, and James has a bad wound in the thigh.”
From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick
That junk astern of us has just treated us to a broadside of langrage, and Chips’s opinion of the pair of them is that they are a couple of piratical craft.
From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by Holloway, W. Herbert
The two other boats boarded on the starboard side, amid a hot fire of langrage of all sorts poured down upon them.
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
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