"life mortar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: life mortars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} life mortar (plural life mortars)
  1. (historical) A mortar for throwing a shot of some kind to carry a rope from the shore to a ship in distress. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-life_mortar-en-noun-HMQ~BDwL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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