half-a-broadside

Updated: June 16, 2025

Now for it! . . . He ran past the guarda-costa, drawing her fire, but no great harm done; shot up under the sterns of the two prizes, that were lying not two hundred yards apart; and raked 'em with half-a-broadside apiece no time, you see, to reload between. It pretty well cleaned every Spaniard off their decks Why are you putting your hands to your ears!" "Go on," said Ruth withdrawing them.

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Lady Good-for-Nothing : A Man's Portrait of a Woman