superfiring

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Etymology

From super- +‎ firing.

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

superfiring (not comparable)

  1. (military, nautical, of a gun turret on a warship) Mounted higher than one or more other turrets within its firing arc, allowing it to fire over the top of the lower-mounted turret(s).
  2. (by extension, of a gun battery on a warship) Arranged so as to allow some turrets to fire over others in the above manner.