单词 | fougade |
释义 | fougaden. = fougasse n.; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > land-mine petard1566 powder minea1639 fougade1643 bomb-chest1704 caisson1704 globe of compression1771 torpedo1786 fougasse1832 stifler1836 landmine1875 observation mine1886 egg1917 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) 37 'Twas not dumbe chance; that to discover the Fougade or Powder Plot, contrived a miscarriage in the letter. View more context for this quotation 1686 London Gaz. No. 2163/1 The Enemy sprang five Mines or Fougades at the foot of the Breach. 1687 J. Richards Jrnl. Siege Buda 18 Those that went to the Left were..beaten off, by the springing of a Fugade. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 126 The explosion of two fougades..scarcely appeared to impede their progress. 1904 Daily Chron. 4 June 5/5 The explosion of a number of mines and fougades. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1643 |
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