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  stern chaser

  noun

  a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
• stern-chaser
  stern-chaser

  noun

  a gun mounted at the stern of a vessel for firing aft at a pursuing vessel

stern chaser

American  

noun

1. a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.

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stern-chaser British  

noun

1. a gun mounted at the stern of a vessel for firing aft at a pursuing vessel

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Etymology

Origin of stern chaser

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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I want you to make ready our stern chaser.

From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by William Perry Brown

"I see you were just getting out a stern chaser," and he pointed to the gun.

From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

At eight o'clock the "Wasp" had gained so rapidly upon the chase, that the latter began firing with her stern chaser, and soon after opened with one of her lee guns.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson

Let Tompion see what he can do with the stern-chaser, in the way of knocking away some of the fellow’s spars.

From Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

“Cast loose the stern-chaser, Jean Lafitte,” said I: “and do you and L’Olonnois load and fire her often as you like until we land; or until you burst her.”

From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Harry A. Mathes

They feared he had made up his mind to run, and this gun was to be used as a stern-chaser.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

So down he went to the cabin, and up he came again to find Mr. Job with his best coat-tails spread, seated on the carriage of the Pride's stern-chaser.

From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Talbot, anxious to do something, suggested the novel expedient of breaking out a field-piece from the fore hold and mounting it on the quarter-deck to use as a stern-chaser.

From For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution by Cyrus Townsend Brady