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Periscope   /pˈɛrəskˌoʊp/   Listen
Periscope

noun
1.
An optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field.





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"Periscope" Quotes from Famous Books



... terrible pit in the middle of Chestnut Street, and illuminate it with signs and red lights and placards reading, DO NOT WALK INTO THIS PIT, 1653 Boobs would tumble into it during the course of the day. Boobs have faith. They are eager to plunge in where an angel wouldn't even show his periscope. ...
— Mince Pie • Christopher Darlington Morley
... way in days of peace. Next time! Destroyers to guard us from the Hun and his submarines, and to lay us a safe course through the mines. And sailor boys, about their guns, watching, sweeping the sea every minute for the flash of a sneaking pirate's periscope showing for a ...
— A Minstrel In France • Harry Lauder


Words linked to "Periscope" :   submarine, U-boat, sub, pigboat, optical instrument


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