SALVO

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An exception; a reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. Eilon Basilike.

2.
n.

A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

3.
n.

A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.


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