crémaillèren.

/krɛmʌɪˈɛː/

Etymology: French; formerly cramaillère a crook with a rack or notches for hanging pots over a fire, a toothed rack, any indented piece, derivative of cramail < late Latin cramāculum (Capit. Charlemagne De Villis 42) in the first of these senses. Perhaps < Dutch kram hook, or some cognate word. The two following technical applications of the French word appear in English.

1. Fortification. An indented or zigzag form of the inside line of a parapet, giving opportunity for bringing a greater fire to bear upon the defile. (Stocqueler.)

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet > parts of or connected with

talus1645

superior slope1686

bonnet1688

brisure1706

genouillere1802

crémaillère1828

crest1830

plonge1853

plunge1859

apron1918

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 264 These hurdles..are very useful in forming the teeth of the cremaillères in the saliant angles of fieldworks.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 273 Lengthen the lines by cremaillères.

2. Watchmaking. (See quot. 1884.)

ΚΠ

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 69 Cremaillere, the winding rack of a repeating watch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crémaillère
释义	crémaillèren. /krɛmʌɪˈɛː/ Etymology: French; formerly cramaillère a crook with a rack or notches for hanging pots over a fire, a toothed rack, any indented piece, derivative of cramail < late Latin cramāculum (Capit. Charlemagne De Villis 42) in the first of these senses. Perhaps < Dutch kram hook, or some cognate word. The two following technical applications of the French word appear in English. 1. Fortification. An indented or zigzag form of the inside line of a parapet, giving opportunity for bringing a greater fire to bear upon the defile. (Stocqueler.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet > parts of or connected with talus1645 superior slope1686 bonnet1688 brisure1706 genouillere1802 crémaillère1828 crest1830 plonge1853 plunge1859 apron1918 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 264 These hurdles..are very useful in forming the teeth of the cremaillères in the saliant angles of fieldworks. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 273 Lengthen the lines by cremaillères. 2. Watchmaking. (See quot. 1884.) ΚΠ 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 69 Cremaillere, the winding rack of a repeating watch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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