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‖ meurtrière|mœrtrijɛr|
[Fr.; fem. of meurtrier murderer, murderous, f. meurtre murder.]
(See quot. 1802.)
1802C. James Milit. Dict., Meutriéres, small loop holes, sufficiently large to admit the barrel of a rifle, gun or musquet, through which soldiers may fire, under cover, against an enemy. They likewise mean the cavities that are made in the walls of a fortified town or place. 1843Thackeray Irish Sk.-bk. I. xiv. 266 The points of whose weapons may be seen lying upon the ledge of the little narrow meurtrière on each side of the gate. |