langrage

American  

[lang-grij] / ˈlæŋ grɪdʒ /

Or langridge

noun

1. a kind of shot consisting of bolts, nails, etc., fastened together or enclosed in a case, formerly used for damaging sails and rigging in sea battles.

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langrage British  

/ ˈlæŋɡrɪdʒ, ˈlæŋɡrəl /

noun

1. shot consisting of scrap iron packed into a case, formerly used in naval warfare

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Etymology

Origin of langrage

First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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langrage

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 Sir Edward Belcher

Grasping them all, I rolled them up with a pen-knife and pencil-case, and some small coin, and rammed them all down into the two barrels together—a regular charge of langrage.

From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse

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 Victor Prout

We had expended, at last, all our round-shot, and the greater part of our powder, and we had to load with bags of nails and any langrage we could find.

From Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by William Henry Giles Kingston

The guns are loaded with langrage, and Captain Fuller issues orders to prepare for our defence.

From The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific by Alfred Pearse

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