Broadside

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A volley of abuse or denunciation.

II. Broadside ·noun The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

III. Broadside ·noun A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.

IV. Broadside ·noun A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only;

— called also broadsheet.

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