单词 | gun-stock |
释义 | gun-stockn. The wooden stock or support to which the barrel of a gun is attached; †a rest or support on which to place a cannon on board ship (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > support or fixing for gun gun-stock1495 breeching1627 train tackle1769 housing-bolt1807 housing-ring1820 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > stock or shaft tiller1353 gun-stock1495 stocking1532 stock1541 buttstock1866 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > rest or support gun-stock1495 trestle1497 trest1513 rest1546 musket rest1590 fork1591 shoulder-rest1868 benchrest1892 1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 246 Also payed in lykewith to John Keyte for xx. Elmyn tres price the pece xijd..of hym so bought & apon makyng of Gonne stokkes for Gonnes belongyng to the seid ship. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Vaqueta A gunne stocke. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Walnut Tree The Timber is..used for Gunstocks, Coach-wheels, and the bodies of Coaches. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 179 The Commodore ordered..a swivel gun-stock to be fixed in the bow both of the barge and pinnace. 1835 W. Greener Gun 144 Walnut has for many years been considered the most handsome and the best wood for gun-stocks. 1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 175/1 The least tap on a gun-stock was carried a great distance. Compounds gun-stock deformity n. ‘displacement of the forearm following fracture of the humerus’ ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). gun-stock maker n. ΚΠ 1689 in J. Munsell Ann. Albany (1850) II. 112 Jan Nack, trader and gunstockmaker. Derivatives ˈgun-stocker n. one who fits the stocks of guns to the barrels. ΚΠ 1781 in Cal. Virginia St. Papers I. 569 [A] compleat Gun-stocker [has been engaged]. Categories » ˈgun-stocking n. the fitting of gun-stocks. (In recent dictionaries.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。