单词 | armour plating |
释义 | armour platingarmor platingn. Protective or defensive covering made from or as from armour plates. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > sheathing > armour-plating belting1567 armour plate1683 belt1822 armour1838 armour plating1860 cuirass1860 belt armour1866 water-line armour1884 glacis plate1889 1860 J. Clare in Evening Standard 30 Oct. 3/5 I am the originator of placing timber between..the internal metal and fastening and the external armour-plating. 1864 J. E. Tennent Story of Guns 227 Supposed to be an insuperable obstacle to the use of Armour-plating. 1921 H. C. Bywater Sea-power in Pacific iii. 68 The side of the hull and the gun positions are protected by armour plating. 1939 I. T. Sanderson Caribbean Treasure v. 97 A beetle can fly into a stone wall at sixty miles an hour and walk away undamaged though its armour plating may be only a hundredth of an inch thick. 2012 J. Thayil Narcopolis ii. iv. 96 How to make the lightest possible armour plating and how to make certain that the compartments below decks are watertight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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