All 4 Uses of
volley
in
Treasure Island
- The cannon-shot was followed after a considerable interval by a volley of small arms.†
Chpt 15 *
- The four shots came in rather a scattering volley, but they did the business: one of the enemy actually fell, and the rest, without hesitation, turned and plunged into the trees.†
Chpt 18
- I believe the readiness of our return volley had scattered the mutineers once more, for we were suffered without further molestation to get the poor old gamekeeper hoisted over the stockade and carried, groaning and bleeding, into the log-house.†
Chpt 18
- The report had scarcely died away ere it was repeated and repeated from without in a scattering volley, shot behind shot, like a string of geese, from every side of the enclosure.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(volley as in: a volley of...) a rapid or simultaneous discharge of bullets or other projectiles
or:
a rapid or simultaneous series of similar (and usually antagonistic) events -- such as protests or criticisms