| 单词 | foot bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot bank foot bank n. now chiefly historical a mound or bank at the foot of something, typically used as a step; esp. (Fortification) a raised step behind a rampart; = banquette n. ΘΚΠ 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 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > altar > parts of altar > [noun] > base foot bank1618 1618 H. Ainsworth Annot. Third Bk. Moses, called Leuiticus sig. C They layd on the salt..on the foot-bank (of the altar,) and on the top of the Altar. 1638 H. Hexam tr. S. Marolois & A. Girard Art Fortification 24 When it is 6 foote high, then ye must make a foote banke which must be a foote high, and 2, or 3, foote broad, that ye maye the better discouver the fields about ye. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Foot-bank or Foot-step..a Step..under a Parapet, or Breast-work; upon which the men get up to Fire over it. 1764 D. Bellamy New. Compl. Universal Eng. Dict. (ed. 4) at Circus In the middle [of the Roman circus] was a kind of foot-bank, or eminence, with obelisks, statues, and posts, at each end. 1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands vii. 204 This wall was ten or twelve feet high, with a foot-bank of stone raised behind, upon which they could stand and throw spears at their enemies. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. xvi. 275 The footbank has crumbled away to such an extent that only a few inches in breadth remain. 1915 J. G. Rowe Romance Irish Hist. xvi. 148 A bank of earth..with a footbank behind for the Irish..to stand upon and hew and thrust and shoot over it. 2008 P. J. Haythornthwaite Brit. Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 49 (caption) The rubble used to make a ‘foot bank’ allowing the soldier to fire over the lowered top. < as lemmas |
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