meurtrièren.

Brit.

/ˌməːtrɪˈɛː/, U.S.

/ˌmərtriˈɛ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s meutriére (irregular), 1800s– meurtrière.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French meurtrière.

Etymology: < French meurtrière (1480 in Middle French as murtriere in this sense; 1596 in sense ‘female murderer’), feminine form corresponding to Middle French meurtrier murderer (c1170 in Old French as murtrier ) < meurtre murder n.¹ + -ier -ier suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (mörtrię̄r) /mœrtrijɛr/.

Fortification.

A narrow vertical slit or window in a fortification, wall, etc., through which a missile can be fired; = loophole n.¹ 1a.

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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

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Meutriéres, small loop holes, sufficiently large to admit the barrel of a rifle, gun or musquet, through which soldiers may fire, under cover, against an enemy. They likewise mean the cavities that are made in the walls of a fortified town or place.

1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. xiv. 266 The points of whose weapons may be seen lying upon the ledge of the little narrow meurtrière on each side of the gate.

1884 F. Boyle Borderland 43 Several meurtrières in either wall allowed the garrison to make a last resistance.

1961 M. W. Thompson Farnham Castle Keep 16 There is a slot for a portcullis and also a meurtrière (‘murder hole’) through which missiles could be dropped.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meurtrière
释义	meurtrièren. Brit. /ˌməːtrɪˈɛː/, U.S. /ˌmərtriˈɛ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s meutriére (irregular), 1800s– meurtrière. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French meurtrière. Etymology: < French meurtrière (1480 in Middle French as murtriere in this sense; 1596 in sense ‘female murderer’), feminine form corresponding to Middle French meurtrier murderer (c1170 in Old French as murtrier ) < meurtre murder n.¹ + -ier -ier suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (mörtrię̄r) /mœrtrijɛr/. Fortification. A narrow vertical slit or window in a fortification, wall, etc., through which a missile can be fired; = loophole n.¹ 1a. 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 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Meutriéres, small loop holes, sufficiently large to admit the barrel of a rifle, gun or musquet, through which soldiers may fire, under cover, against an enemy. They likewise mean the cavities that are made in the walls of a fortified town or place. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. I. xiv. 266 The points of whose weapons may be seen lying upon the ledge of the little narrow meurtrière on each side of the gate. 1884 F. Boyle Borderland 43 Several meurtrières in either wall allowed the garrison to make a last resistance. 1961 M. W. Thompson Farnham Castle Keep 16 There is a slot for a portcullis and also a meurtrière (‘murder hole’) through which missiles could be dropped. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802
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