elaborately-laid

Updated: May 25, 2025

For a few seconds the skipper of the Union hesitated as to whether he should not, even now, turn and run; for, taken altogether, matters seemed to be rather in the nature of an elaborately-laid trap. But Villavicencio, now that Admiral Grau was dead, was the bravest man in the naval service of Peru; and his hesitation was but momentary.

Harry Collingwood - Under the Chilian Flag: A Tale of War between Chili and Peru