单词 | gunnery |
释义 | gunneryn. 1. The science and art of constructing and managing guns, esp. large military and naval guns. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > production and development of guns gunnery1614 gun-work1858 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 242 Archery..now dispossessed by gunnery, how iustly, let others iudge. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 33 Mr. Burnes Arte of gunry. 1676 T. Binning (title) A Light to the Art of Gunnery. 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 52 The knowledge of this velocity is of the utmost consequence in gunnery. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 36 (title) A School of Gunnery. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Years in India II. lxvii. 434 A great advance was made in gunnery. 2. The firing of guns; the use of guns for sporting purposes; = gunning n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] gunninga1625 shooting1642 gunnery1816 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] gunning1570 fire1590 firing1684 squibbing1697 gunfire1801 gunnery1816 pop-off1843 pluffing1852 machine-gun fire1882 gun-play1897 loosing off1906 1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 109 This bright amusement may challenge the preference of most kinds of gunnery. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 88 They are..crying the ‘Harvest Home!’ in a chorus, before which..the song, the scolding, the gunnery—fade away, and become faint echoes. 1869 Echo 9 Oct. The never-ending gunnery of..idle scamps, who go out valiantly to destroy linnets. 3. concrete. Guns collectively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > collectively shoot1469 gunnery1497 shot1579 arms1643 ironmongery1895 1497 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 61 With horsis, gunrye, artailzerie, and ail vther defensabile wapinnis. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel III. 129 They went into the arsenal, where a funny old man in a blue blouse showed them ancient and modern gunnery. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > firing practice > place of instruction gunnery1732 1732 E. Forrest Hogarth's Tour 9 Paid at the gunnery and dock, 1s. 6d. 5. (See quot. 1892.) ΚΠ 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Gunnery, work done by shipwrights in connection with guns and their stowage, &c. Compounds C1. attributive, as gunnery-course, gunnery-drill, gunnery duty. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 11/1 The next day or two are employed..in carrying out the various gunnery drills and firing the great guns at a target. 1894 Daily News 7 Apr. 6/2 A gunnery course will be held on H.M.S. Cambridge, for retired officers of the Royal Navy. C2. gunnery jack n. Naval slang a gunnery-lieutenant. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > officer with specific duty > [noun] > gunnery officers gunner1495 quarter-gunner1617 gunner's mate1708 gunnery-lieutenant1867 gun captain1901 gunnery jack1904 gun1916 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 53 The Gunner mops up a heathenish large detail for some hanky-panky in the magazines, an' led 'em off along with our Gunnery Jack. 1908 Daily Chron. 5 Oct. 4/6 A smarter man than Gunnery Jack is not to be found in the services. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words Gunnery Jack (also Guns), the Gunnery Lieutenant on board ship. Thesaurus » Categories » gunnery-lieutenant n. ‘one who, having obtained a warrant from a gunnery-ship, is eligible to large ships to assist specially in supervising the gunnery duties’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867). gunnery-ship n. a ship fitted for training men in the practice of gunnery. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > gunboat > gunnery training vessel gunnery-ship1870 1870 Echo 11 Nov. The gunnery ship Cambridge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1497 |
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