close quartersn.

Etymology: close adj. + quarter n.

1. Nautical. (See quots. = earlier close-fight n.)

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1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xlv. 306 We had provided close quarters and powder-chests, so that they could not have taken us without an encounter.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Close-quarters, certain strong barriers of wood stretching across a merchant-ship..used as a place of retreat when a ship is boarded by her adversary, and..fitted with..loop-holes, through which to fire.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 107.

a. figurative. Immediate contact with the foe.

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > close quarters

close quarters1809

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [phrase] > at close quarters

hand to hand?a1400

at hand1565

to meet at hard edge1591

close quarters1809

at grips1857

corps à corps1890

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adverb] > at close-quarters

handlingsa1400

hand by hand?a1439

hand unto handc1540

head-to-head1556

half-sword1589

at the sera1591

half-staff1603

close quarters1809

1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing Introd. 29 They [sc. marines] are more frequently at close quarters with the enemy than the military are.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. viii. 264 The combatants were brought into close quarters.

1864 P. L. Macdougall Modern Warfare 241 This force..made no attempt to come to close quarters with their enemy.

1882 Daily News 29 Aug. 6/3 His cavalry are far too shy of coming to close quarters.

b. attributive. (Also in form close-quarter.) Done at close quarters; in immediate contact.

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > types of armed encounter

openeOE

set battle1487

unbloody1544

pight1562

pitched1569

round1601

steadfast1623

strucka1625

running1651

stationary1737

stricken field1820

close quarters1871

1871 What happened after Battle of Dorking 5 Serving out the old-fashioned muzzle-loading musket..for close-quarter shooting and bayonet work.

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 119 Their nerves shaken..by the close-quarter bombing.

1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxvii. 265 He shrank from any close-quarters looking-after of her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	close quarters
释义	close quartersn. Etymology: close adj. + quarter n. 1. Nautical. (See quots. = earlier close-fight n.) ΚΠ 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xlv. 306 We had provided close quarters and powder-chests, so that they could not have taken us without an encounter. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Close-quarters, certain strong barriers of wood stretching across a merchant-ship..used as a place of retreat when a ship is boarded by her adversary, and..fitted with..loop-holes, through which to fire. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 107. 2. a. figurative. Immediate contact with the foe. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > close quarters close quarters1809 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [phrase] > at close quarters hand to hand?a1400 at hand1565 to meet at hard edge1591 close quarters1809 at grips1857 corps à corps1890 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adverb] > at close-quarters handlingsa1400 hand by hand?a1439 hand unto handc1540 head-to-head1556 half-sword1589 at the sera1591 half-staff1603 close quarters1809 1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing Introd. 29 They [sc. marines] are more frequently at close quarters with the enemy than the military are. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. viii. 264 The combatants were brought into close quarters. 1864 P. L. Macdougall Modern Warfare 241 This force..made no attempt to come to close quarters with their enemy. 1882 Daily News 29 Aug. 6/3 His cavalry are far too shy of coming to close quarters. b. attributive. (Also in form close-quarter.) Done at close quarters; in immediate contact. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [adjective] > types of armed encounter openeOE set battle1487 unbloody1544 pight1562 pitched1569 round1601 steadfast1623 strucka1625 running1651 stationary1737 stricken field1820 close quarters1871 1871 What happened after Battle of Dorking 5 Serving out the old-fashioned muzzle-loading musket..for close-quarter shooting and bayonet work. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 119 Their nerves shaken..by the close-quarter bombing. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxvii. 265 He shrank from any close-quarters looking-after of her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753
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