单词 | assaultable |
释义 | assaultableadj. Capable of being assaulted, open to assault. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > capable of being attacked assaultable1548 saultable1556 assailable1589 batterable1611 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxviii They bet the walles so with great ordinaunce that they made the toune assautable. 1649 O. Cromwell Lett. 17 Sept. (Carl.) To make breaches assaultable, and by the help of God to storm them. 1829 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. ii. xix. 589 The place was found not to be assaultable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1548 |
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