单词 | forcement |
释义 | forcementn. a. Strengthening; in quot. figurative encouragement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] > an instance of encouragement heartinga1325 forcement1533 boldening1575 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 314 Thir wourdis gif..grete audacite and forcement to the Volschis. b. concrete. Something which strengthens; a fortification. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] workeOE forcementa1382 strengtha1382 strengthinga1382 warding1382 closurea1400 bulwarkc1418 propugnaclea1460 fortification1489 munition?c1500 tuition1513 fortifying1523 furniture1577 munificence1596 bloccuz1600 burg-ward1753 propugnaculum1864 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxv. 12 And the forsemens, or strengthis [L. munimenta] of thin heȝe walles shul togidere falle, and be lowid. ΚΠ 1479 Act. Dom. Conc. (1839) 33 Vnlawis of grenewod, mureburne, forsmentis. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] needeOE distressc1384 force1387 stressc1390 artingc1400 coactionc1400 constrainauncec1400 compulsion1462 enforcement1477 coercion1495 forcement1524 enforcing1531 strain1532 constraint1533 coercement1592 constrainment1593 duress1596 compulse1616 obligement1641 cogency1702 coercive control1827 steamrolling1879 compression1880 1524 R. Pace Let. 5 Aug. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xi. 20 Without great forcement to go bolt upright, wee could not avoide to fal down headlyng. a1556 T. Cranmer in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 691 Al that Derame dyd unto her, was of his importune forcement. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xi. f. 139v Thyne owne renowme, thy grandsyre Ioue are forcements therevnto. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. F2 It was imposde vpon vs by constraint..And will you count such forcement treacherie? 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. vi. 21 They have seene a Deare leape three score feet at little or no forcement. 4. Gunnery. (See quot. 1892.) ΚΠ 1892 Field 10 Dec. 915/2 Neither the diameter of the chamber nor the ‘forcement’ of the projectiles has any primary influence on the recoil. note, This is a French word, for which we have no English equivalent..it has, however, been Anglicised, and is now generally used in gunnery treatises. Its signification is the excess of diameter of the projectile over that of the bore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.a1382 |
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