单词 | arrière |
释义 | † arrièren. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.). = rear n.2 (chiefly in sense 1a). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > rear rearwarda1325 arrière1602 rear1602 1602 T. Churchyard & R. Robinson tr. E. van Meteren True Disc. Hist. Succeeding Governours Netherlands 147 The Generall..knowing himselfe followed in the arriere of our armie both with horse and foote of the enemies. 1639 N. C. Diatelesma: 5th Pt. iii. 76 Over-reaching the Arriere of the Crabats in their retreat. 1664 J. Howell Προεδρια-Βασιλικη 16 To judge whether it be fit that He shold go or come in the Arriere to any King whatsoever. 1882 W. Whitman in Academy 18 Nov. 358/3 An inferr'd arrière of such storms, such wrecks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1602 |
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