broadside ballad

noun

1. the entire side of a ship above the waterline
2. the simultaneous firing of all the guns on one side of a warship
3. a vigorous or abusive attack in words, esp. in a newspaper
4. the broad surface of any large object
5. 1. a large sheet of paper printed on one side, as with a political message
   2. in 17th-cent. England, a popular ballad printed on such a sheet (also )
   3. a large sheet of paper printed on both sides, as with advertising, and often folded

adverb

1. with the side turned (to something): a boat drifting helplessly, broadside to the waves
2. directly in the side: the train rammed the car broadside
3. indiscriminately: to level charges broadside

transitive verb broadsided, broadsiding