Definition of Langrage

1. n. A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.

Definition of Langrage

1. Noun. Scraps of metal used to fire at an enemy in naval warfare. ¹

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Definition of Langrage

1. a shot formerly used in naval warfare [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Langrage

langisite
langite
langlauf
langlaufer
langlaufers
langlauffer
langlaufs
langleys
langostino
langostinos
langour
langouste
langoustes
langoustine
langoustines
langrages
langrel
langrels
langret
langrets
langridge
langridges
langs
langsat
langsats
langset
langshan
langshans
langspel

Literary usage of Langrage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"langrage shot ... with Ian- grage-shol; tirare a —, to fire grape or canister-shot, lo fire langrage-shol ..."

2. The United Service (1897)
"A short way up stream, round a bend, two large proas were encountered, fully manned and armed, and a sharp fire of grape and langrage saluted the pinnace. ..."

3. History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 1623-1905 by Francis Byron Greene (1906)
"... took into their possession Quantity of cannon Ball & langrage, the Property of this Colony, & is now on board said schooner. ..."

4. A History of American Privateers by Edgar Stanton Maclay (1900)
"The only langrage Captain Robinson used on this occasion was the crowbar referred to. No better illustration of the dare-devil spirit of ..."

5. History of the consulate and the empire of france under napoleon by Adolphe Thiers, D. Forbes Campbell, Henry William Herbert (1893)
"It was a barrel filled with powder and langrage, to which was adjusted a musket-barrel with a trigger. This machine was evidently destined to blow up the ..."

6. Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to by Jared Sparks (1853)
"Afterwards a sloop was fired, which burned two others, while the rest were cutting away, amidst the shot of our rifles and langrage, and slipping higher up ..."

7. The Life and Services of Commodore William Bainbridge, United States Navy by Thomas Harris (1837)
"In the early part of the action, Commodore Bainbridge was wounded by a musket ball in the hip, and shortly afterward by a piece of langrage in the thigh. ..."

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