superfiring

English

Etymology

super- +‎ firing

End-on view of the battleship Minas Geraes, showing her superfiring main battery.

Adjective

superfiring (not comparable)

  1. (military, nautical, of gun turrets on a warship) Arranged with turrets increasing in height from the ends of the ship towards the center, allowing the more-centrally-located turrets to fire over those nearer the ends when firing directly forward or aft.
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