Definition of "langrage" [lan•grage]

• A type of shot consisting of scrap iron loaded into a case and formerly used in naval warfare to damage sails and rigging. (noun)

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• "I welcome them all and encourage everyone to sing as one in any langrage that they choose."
• "Red-hot cannon-balls, and shrapnel, langrage, chain-shot, and Greek-fire — these and the like were all fair warfare, and France might use them freely."
• "The ex-barkeeper was generous with these brown and glistening langrage-shot, and aimed volley after volley at our mouths."