conical-nosed

Updated: May 1, 2025

Here he paid before a little wicket the fare to his destination with a couple of the dull, oval coins of Helium. Beyond the gatekeeper he came to a slowly moving line of what to Earthly eyes would have appeared to be conical-nosed, eight-foot projectiles for some giant gun. In slow procession the things moved in single file along a grooved track.

Edgar Rice Burroughs - Thuvia, Maid of Mars