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单词 firing step
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firing step
firing step n. Military (now chiefly historical) a step or ledge in a trench on which soldiers stand when firing; = fire-step n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet > firing platform
foot bench?1575
foot bank1618
banquette1629
step1672
tread1834
firing step1899
fire-step1915
1899 C. de Witt Willcox French-Eng. Mil. Techn. Dict. 207/1 Gradins de fusillade, firing steps of a parapet.
1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 254 He..leaped on the firing step, and hurled himself over after him.
2014 Independent on Sat. (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 12 July 8 Marwick has plans to recreate one of those trenches on the school grounds, complete with a firing step, parapet and duckboards.
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