Definition of "shell-fire" [shell-fire]

• Phosphorescence from decayed straw, etc., or touchwood. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Videos distributed by human rights activists show black smoke over the city center and fires burning as shell-fire crackled in the background."
• "Bullets from rifles would not have worried him, but this shell-fire was abominable."
• "The shell-fire still continued, but he remained; for far below he could see the soldiers climbing up."