| 单词 | arrow slit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarrow slit arrow slit n. (esp. in a medieval fortified building) a narrow vertical slit in a wall for shooting or looking through or to admit light and air; also attributive; cf. loophole n.1 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole loop1393 lancet-loupe1562 loophole1591 barbican1600 eyelet hole1774 arrow slit1789 meurtrière1802 murderess1802 shot-hole1819 arrowlet1837 arrow loop1840 eyelet1851 musket-slit1856 cross-oylet1859 shoot-hole1892 1789 J. St. John Mary, Queen of Scots i. ii. 3 Who guards the castle gates? Is ev'ry arrow-slit, and loop-hole watch'd? 1864 C. L. Balfour Troubled Waters xi. 160 Miss Maxwell was watching from an arrow-slit window. 1930 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 60 390 There were no loopholes, arrow slits , or other provisions for defence. 2015 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 28 May Full of arrow slits, battlements, ruins and a portcullis, it is everything we could want a castle to be. < as lemmas |
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