| 单词 | fire bay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire bay fire bay n. Military a straight section of a trench with a concealed parapet or platform for use when firing upon the enemy; cf. firing bay n. at firing n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > types of trench transverse1704 front trench1847 communicating trench1857 shelter-trench1870 firing bay1885 communication trench1903 fire trench1907 funk-hole1914 support trench1914 foxhole1915 fire bay1916 slit-trench1942 1916 Wipers Times 26 Feb. in Wipers Times Compl. Series (2006) 16/1 No mother ever saw with fonder eyes Her offspring than did we our traverses, Our fire-bays, height and end of our desires. 1940 J. Brophy Home Guard 64 In a fire-trench, to be manned with rifles and machine-guns, the sections facing the expected advance of the enemy are known as fire-bays. 1991 P. Barker Regeneration ix. 102 He's gone, perhaps, three fire bays along when he heard the whoop of a shell. < as lemmas |
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