broadside

Definition

One side of a ship above the waterline.

Etymology

From broad + side.

Example Sentences

• "Broadside! What fools to face our guns!"
• "Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the social order."
• "Fernández's diplomatic broadside follows the British government's decision last month to name a large frozen chunk of Antarctica after the Queen – a gesture viewed in Buenos Aires as provocative."