outsling

English

Etymology

out- +‎ sling

Verb

outsling (third-person singular simple present outslings, present participle outslinging, simple past and past participle outslung)

1. (transitive) To sling more effectively than; to surpass in slinging.
   • 1851, Henry William Herbert, The Captains of the Old World, page 34:

     As it now is, the enemy outshoot and outsling us so far that the Cretan archers and our javelineers cannot reach them.

2. (transitive, poetic, archaic) To hurl outward.
   • 1876, Edward Shepherd Creasy, Memoirs of Eminent Etonians, page 161:

     And thundering engine murderous balls outsling