Enfieldn.

Brit.

/ˈɛnfiːld/, U.S.

/ˈɛnˌfild/

Etymology: < Enfield, the name of a town in Middlesex (now in Greater London), near which the Government has a manufactory of small arms.

Used attributively with various military terms, as in Enfield rifle, etc.

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1854 C. A. Windham Crimean Diary (1897) 91 The Enfield rifle..should be the arm for the infantry.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 377 The length of the Enfield bullet is ⁷/ ₈ inch.

1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 633 One hundred Enfield riflemen of the 64th.

1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 633 Covered at discretion by Enfield skirmishers.

1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 634 The power of the Enfield rifle in British hands.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxix. 61 Without more danger from Enfield or Whitworth than from Brown Bess.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) In 1851 a rifle musket of the Minié pattern was supplied to the English army... It was found to be defective in practice, and was superseded by the Enfield rifle in 1853.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. V. 674/2 The Enfield system of rifling..was adopted. In 1895 the Lee-Enfield rifle was introduced.

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

单词	enfield
释义	Enfieldn. Brit. /ˈɛnfiːld/, U.S. /ˈɛnˌfild/ Etymology: < Enfield, the name of a town in Middlesex (now in Greater London), near which the Government has a manufactory of small arms. Used attributively with various military terms, as in Enfield rifle, etc. ΚΠ 1854 C. A. Windham Crimean Diary (1897) 91 The Enfield rifle..should be the arm for the infantry. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 377 The length of the Enfield bullet is ⁷/ ₈ inch. 1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 633 One hundred Enfield riflemen of the 64th. 1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 633 Covered at discretion by Enfield skirmishers. 1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. ix. iv. 634 The power of the Enfield rifle in British hands. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxix. 61 Without more danger from Enfield or Whitworth than from Brown Bess. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) In 1851 a rifle musket of the Minié pattern was supplied to the English army... It was found to be defective in practice, and was superseded by the Enfield rifle in 1853. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. V. 674/2 The Enfield system of rifling..was adopted. In 1895 the Lee-Enfield rifle was introduced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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