| 单词 | fire grappling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire grappling ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > devices to ward off fireships fire grappling1749 fire boom1750 1749 D. Dent Def. to Complaint Rear-Admiral Knowles 6 The Fire-grapplings and Fire-engines, and Buckets of the Squadron, should be put on board my Ship, in order to preserve her from the Effects of the Enemy's Fireships. 1832 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 2) iii. 89 Light boats were constantly kept in readiness, with fire-grapplings, to meet and anchor anything that might be drifted down the stream. 1897 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 99 Four gunboats and numerous guard and piquet boats with fire grapplings plied in the river above. < as lemmas |
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