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• stern chaser
  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

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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

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

Burrows, whose character was unknown to them, intended to avoid the enemy, and was rigging the long gun for a stern-chaser.

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

“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

The Wasp then, at 9.29, fired the 12-pound carronade into her, to which the Avon responded with her stern-chaser and the aftermost port guns.

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 Theodore Roosevelt

The vessel had swung round a little, so that her stern-chaser, a culverin twelve feet long, pointed full at the fort.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

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