英语词汇“half cuirass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

8. Gunnery and Weaponry. Designating a weapon, a piece of ordnance, or suit of armour of half the size of the full-sized equivalent, or one that is of reduced size, e.g. half armour, half cuirass, half culverin. Cf. demi- prefix 3, 4. Now historical.Recorded earliest in half-sword n.See also half cannon n. at Compounds 2, half-pike n.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe sworde, semispathium.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons f. 14 They did vse to weare halfe cuirasses, with rests of yron, to pull forward or put backward, to discharge their Mosquets from.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Mezza testa, a kind of halfe skull, or halfe head-peece.

1821 S. R. Meyrick & C. H. Smith Costume Orig. Inhabitants Brit. Islands 58 The [Danish] king is habited in a corslet of leather (wambas) passing over his rock or tunic. This wambas was of painted elk or stag-skin, and was a kind of half armour.

1868 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold III. v. i. 332 Armed with a half-lance.

1890 United Service Feb. 129 In later days the soldiers were furnished with defensive armor, half cuirass, leglets, and helmets being used.

1989 Smithsonian Dec. 124/2 A ranger at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site dresses in a half-suit of armor several times a week.

1992 Christie's Internat. Mag. June 6/3 Silver, and a selection of half-armours of about 1640 complete the sale of the contents of this exceptional house.

1997 W. C. Kirwin Powers Matchless ii. 50 At the fortress of Ancona there were examples of full cannon,..quarter cannon, culverin..and half culverin.

单词	half cuirass
释义	> as lemmas half cuirass 8. Gunnery and Weaponry. Designating a weapon, a piece of ordnance, or suit of armour of half the size of the full-sized equivalent, or one that is of reduced size, e.g. half armour, half cuirass, half culverin. Cf. demi- prefix 3, 4. Now historical.Recorded earliest in half-sword n.See also half cannon n. at Compounds 2, half-pike n. Π 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Halfe sworde, semispathium. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons f. 14 They did vse to weare halfe cuirasses, with rests of yron, to pull forward or put backward, to discharge their Mosquets from. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Mezza testa, a kind of halfe skull, or halfe head-peece. 1821 S. R. Meyrick & C. H. Smith Costume Orig. Inhabitants Brit. Islands 58 The [Danish] king is habited in a corslet of leather (wambas) passing over his rock or tunic. This wambas was of painted elk or stag-skin, and was a kind of half armour. 1868 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold III. v. i. 332 Armed with a half-lance. 1890 United Service Feb. 129 In later days the soldiers were furnished with defensive armor, half cuirass, leglets, and helmets being used. 1989 Smithsonian Dec. 124/2 A ranger at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site dresses in a half-suit of armor several times a week. 1992 Christie's Internat. Mag. June 6/3 Silver, and a selection of half-armours of about 1640 complete the sale of the contents of this exceptional house. 1997 W. C. Kirwin Powers Matchless ii. 50 At the fortress of Ancona there were examples of full cannon,..quarter cannon, culverin..and half culverin. extracted from halfadj. < as lemmas
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