单词 | field staff |
释义 | > as lemmasfield staff field staff n. now historical = linstock n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > fuse portfire1629 fuse1647 match1653 field staff1705 port-feu1802 mouse1867 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. ii. at Gunner He carries a Field-Staff and a large Powder-Horn in a string over his Left Shoulder. 1783 in G. T. Landmann Adventures & Recoll. (1852) I. iv. 92 The gunners carried field staffs about two feet longer than the halberds, with two linstock cocks, branching out at the head. 1809 W. Nicholson Brit. Encycl. III. at Gunner In the Tower of London..this officer carries a field staff, and a large powder horn. 1982 M. Barthorp Jacobite Rebellions 37/1 The men were divided into gunners, equipped with a linstock or field staff and a powder horn for priming, and matrosses, or gunners' assistants. < as lemmas |
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