| 单词 | fighting-top |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfighting-top fighting-top n. Nautical a circular platform placed at an elevation on the mast of a warship, on which guns and armed men can be stationed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > embattled platform on warship top-castle13.. merlon1790 military top1887 military foretop1895 fighting-top1896 1896 Naval Ann. i. 32 The foremast has two fighting-tops... The mainmast has only one fighting-top. 1915 J. A. Fleming in Nature 14 Oct. 182/1 On board our battleships a range-finder of this kind is placed in one of the fighting-tops on the masts. 1958 O. Warner Portrait Ld. Nelson xii. 352 Fired from above, from a fighting top in the Redoutable, it [sc. a cannon-ball] had penetrated deep into Nelson's chest. < as lemmas |
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