superfiring
English
Etymology
super- + firing
End-on view of the battleship Minas Geraes, showing her superfiring main battery.
Adjective
superfiring (not comparable)
- (military, nautical, of gun turrets on a warship) Arranged with turrets increasing in height from the ends of the ship towards the center, allowing the more-centrally-located turrets to fire over those nearer the ends when firing directly forward or aft.