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

  • 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

  • "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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