Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A torpedo secured to the end of a spar, rigged outboard of a vessel, and arranged to be fired on coming into contact with another vessel. Sometimes called
pole-torpedo .
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Examples
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What you want is something strong and simple, of light draught, and with only a spar-torpedo, if it came to that.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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"Rouse the ship, man -- and quickly, too; there is a launch approaching, and she carries a spar-torpedo; she is making straight for us, _and evidently means to torpedo the flagship_!"
Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru Harry Collingwood 1886
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