Broad"side` (?), n.
1. Naut.
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.
2.
A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time.
3.
A volley of abuse or denunciation.
[Colloq.]
4. Print.
A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet.
© Webster 1913.