Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Proof against shot or missile weapons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Impenetrable by shot.
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Examples
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Her decks will be made torpedo and shot-proof, and several arrangements will be applied, now that it is known that the torpedo system is a success.
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The rations are ample and of good quality, though the salt meat is rather tough occasionally, and the consistency of the hard bread is shot-proof.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various
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Meanwhile, the others had razeed a frigate, the _Merrimac_, and upon an angular roof laid railroad-iron to make her shot-proof.
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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The largest, an enormous craft with shot-proof bulwarks and moved by huge paddle wheels turned by a crank, was called the "Ark of Delft."
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_Ark of Delft_, with shot-proof bulwarks and paddle-wheels turned by a crank.
A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916
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And now, my lady being retired; he showed me over this great galleon, so massy built for all her gilding and carved finery, and so stout-timbered as made her well-nigh shot-proof.
Martin Conisby's Vengeance Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Page 29 shot-proof with cotton bulkheads and provided with iron prows to act as rams, and among these were a few tug-boats for pushing fire-rafts on the enemy, should an engagement ever take place.
War-time sketches : historical and otherwise, Adelaide Stuart Dimitry 1911
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From that shot-proof exterior snubs, hints and reproofs glanced like blown peas from the hull of a battleship.
Fair Harbor Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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Meanwhile, the others had razeed a frigate, the Merrimac, and upon an angular roof laid railroad-iron to make her shot-proof.
The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907
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The entire resources of modern engineering knowledge were brought to bear upon the solution of the problem of an impregnable battery, armed with guns of the heaviest calibre then known, hull shot-proof from stern to stern, rudder and propeller protected against the enemy's fire, and above all, having the advantage of light draught.
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