BROAD-SIDE, noun [broad and side.] A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship, above and below, at the same time. 1. The side of a ship, above the water, from the bow to the quarter. 2. In printing, a sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only.
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