spar torpedo

English

Noun

spar torpedo (plural spar torpedoes or spar torpedos)

  1. A weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.
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