| 单词 | armstrong gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArmstrong gun 1. attributive and †in the genitive (obsolete). Designating a type of heavy rifled breech-loading gun with a barrel reinforced by metal bands shrunk into place around it, esp. in Armstrong gun; (also) designating armaments used with this gun. Now historical. ΚΠ 1858 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 17 Dec. 69 The introduction of those new instruments of warfare—the Enfield rifle and Armstrong's gun—had completely changed the system. 1859 Morning Post 7 Jan. 6/3 I am sorry to say the invention of Armstrong's gun will render useless almost the whole of the naval artillery. 1859 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 6 May 435/1 They might fairly be expected to be found proof to both Paixhans and Armstrong shells. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. I. 66/2 The Elswick Ordnance Company was established solely to make Armstrong guns for the British government. 1978 K. Bonfiglioli All Tea in China x. 127 The gunner ambled towards the long brass Armstrong 68-pounder. 1992 Technol. & Culture 33 237 The relative efficiencies of a Whitworth and an Armstrong shell. 2007 J. Kinard Artillery vi. 236 Armstrong breechloaders demonstrated excellent long-range accuracy. < as lemmas |
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