Minién.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnɪeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪni/,

/ˈmɪniˌeɪ/

Forms: 1800s– Minie, 1800s– Minié, 1800s– Minnie. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Minié.

Etymology: < the name of Captain Claude-Étienne Minié (1804–79), French soldier, who invented the Minié bullet in 1849. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (mi·nie) /ˈmɪnɪeɪ/.

Now historical.

I. Compounds.

1. attributive. Designating or relating to a firearm designed by Minié; (also) to an elongated bullet invented by Minié, which when fired is expanded by powder contained in an iron cup inserted in a cavity at its base. Esp. in Minié ball, Minié rifle.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of

three-o(h)-three1683

air rifle1801

yager1817

big bore1838

seventy-five1840

telescopic rifle1850

Minié rifle1851

needle rifle1856

pea rifle1856

Lancaster1857

six-shooting1858

Whitworth1858

Henry1861

polygroove1863

telescopic-sighted rifle1863

spencer1866

magazine rifle1867

Snider rifle1868

chassepot1869

Martini–Henry rifle1869

Winchester1871

Mauser rifle1872

Martini1876

saloon rifle1881

express1884

express rifle1884

Mannlicher1884

Mauser1887

Lee-Enfield1888

Flobert1890

pump gun1890

take-down1895

two-two1895

Ross rifle1901

hammer-rifle1907

sporter1907

French 751914

twenty-two1925

machine-gun rifle1941

assault rifle1950

assault weapon1968

kalashnikov1970

assault rifle1975

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet

pistol bullet?1591

musket bullet1598

musket ball1637

silver bullet1648

three-o(h)-three1683

pistol ball1689

musket shot1755

Biscayen1812

picket1848

rifle bolt1849

Minié ball1851

Minié1852

expanding bullet1859

navy bullet1873

two-two1895

dum-dum1897

Lee-Enfield bullet1899

rubber bullet1900

full-metal-jacket1913

round-nose1932

thirty-two1942

plastic bullet1945

baton round1968

1851 Daily News 9 Aug. 4/3 (advt.) Wilkinson and Son..manufacture as usual all kinds of guns, pistols, and rifles, especially the new long range minié rifles, and supply all kinds of naval and military accoutrements.

1852 Times 28 Feb. 4/6 The sergeants..will be able to acquire a thorough practical knowlege of the Minié musket or rifle.

1852 H. Martineau in Househ. Words 13 Mar. 583/1 We saw a specimen of the Minié ball (of which we are now hearing so much).

1852 Sci. Amer. 8 May 266/4 The vessels of Capt. Sir E. Belcher's Arctic expedition, are provided with..Minie rifles to bring down bird and deer.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 350 In 1847 and 1848 Captain Minié..proposed a hollow iron cup to fill up the cavity in Delvigne's bullet, and from this circumstance we get the name of Minié rifle.

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) In 1851 a rifle musket of the Minié pattern was supplied to the English army... It was found to be defective in practice, and was superseded by the Enfield rifle in 1853.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 873/2 The Minié bullet..was made up into cartridges and lubricated as for the Minié rifle.

1957 G. Shirreffs Rio Bravo xv. 120 Maybe better, at that, for he can be so damned mad at his filthy way of life that he'll lick his weight in Minie balls.

1988 Sea Angling Q. Summer 54/2 The bullets used were made from pure lead, with shapes varying from spherical balls to what are known as ‘Minnie Balls’, more traditionally shaped, but much larger in size.

2002 M. E. Wagner et al. Libr. Congr. Civil War Desk Ref. (2009) vi. 485 The minié ball (more accurately, a minié bullet, since it was conical, i.e. bullet-shaped) was invented by Frenchman Claude Etienne Minié.

II. Simple uses.

2. A Minié bullet; a Minié rifle.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet

pistol bullet?1591

musket bullet1598

musket ball1637

silver bullet1648

three-o(h)-three1683

pistol ball1689

musket shot1755

Biscayen1812

picket1848

rifle bolt1849

Minié ball1851

Minié1852

expanding bullet1859

navy bullet1873

two-two1895

dum-dum1897

Lee-Enfield bullet1899

rubber bullet1900

full-metal-jacket1913

round-nose1932

thirty-two1942

plastic bullet1945

baton round1968

1852 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 340 I hope to see the Minié snuffed out.

1867 Harper's Mag. Sept. 540/1 The ‘Miniés’ were flying about in the most..indiscriminate manner.

1904 Kynoch Jrnl. Jan.–Mar. 34 In 1851 the British Government..issued the musket known as the Minié, which gave results, as regards accuracy of fire, never before attained.

1986 A. M. Craig in M. B. Jansen & G. Rozman Japan in Transition (1988) ii. 43 The bakufu troops had old-fashioned weapons and some Miniés.

2004 F. D. McCann Soldiers of Pátria i. 14 The infantry soldiers of 1889 were armed with Comblain breech-loading rifles, although some units still used midcentury muzzle loaders, known as Miniés.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minié
释义	Minién. Brit. /ˈmɪnɪeɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɪni/, /ˈmɪniˌeɪ/ Forms: 1800s– Minie, 1800s– Minié, 1800s– Minnie. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Minié. Etymology: < the name of Captain Claude-Étienne Minié (1804–79), French soldier, who invented the Minié bullet in 1849. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (mi·nie) /ˈmɪnɪeɪ/. Now historical. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating or relating to a firearm designed by Minié; (also) to an elongated bullet invented by Minié, which when fired is expanded by powder contained in an iron cup inserted in a cavity at its base. Esp. in Minié ball, Minié rifle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > rifle > types of three-o(h)-three1683 air rifle1801 yager1817 big bore1838 seventy-five1840 telescopic rifle1850 Minié rifle1851 needle rifle1856 pea rifle1856 Lancaster1857 six-shooting1858 Whitworth1858 Henry1861 polygroove1863 telescopic-sighted rifle1863 spencer1866 magazine rifle1867 Snider rifle1868 chassepot1869 Martini–Henry rifle1869 Winchester1871 Mauser rifle1872 Martini1876 saloon rifle1881 express1884 express rifle1884 Mannlicher1884 Mauser1887 Lee-Enfield1888 Flobert1890 pump gun1890 take-down1895 two-two1895 Ross rifle1901 hammer-rifle1907 sporter1907 French 751914 twenty-two1925 machine-gun rifle1941 assault rifle1950 assault weapon1968 kalashnikov1970 assault rifle1975 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 1851 Daily News 9 Aug. 4/3 (advt.) Wilkinson and Son..manufacture as usual all kinds of guns, pistols, and rifles, especially the new long range minié rifles, and supply all kinds of naval and military accoutrements. 1852 Times 28 Feb. 4/6 The sergeants..will be able to acquire a thorough practical knowlege of the Minié musket or rifle. 1852 H. Martineau in Househ. Words 13 Mar. 583/1 We saw a specimen of the Minié ball (of which we are now hearing so much). 1852 Sci. Amer. 8 May 266/4 The vessels of Capt. Sir E. Belcher's Arctic expedition, are provided with..Minie rifles to bring down bird and deer. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 350 In 1847 and 1848 Captain Minié..proposed a hollow iron cup to fill up the cavity in Delvigne's bullet, and from this circumstance we get the name of Minié rifle. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) In 1851 a rifle musket of the Minié pattern was supplied to the English army... It was found to be defective in practice, and was superseded by the Enfield rifle in 1853. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 873/2 The Minié bullet..was made up into cartridges and lubricated as for the Minié rifle. 1957 G. Shirreffs Rio Bravo xv. 120 Maybe better, at that, for he can be so damned mad at his filthy way of life that he'll lick his weight in Minie balls. 1988 Sea Angling Q. Summer 54/2 The bullets used were made from pure lead, with shapes varying from spherical balls to what are known as ‘Minnie Balls’, more traditionally shaped, but much larger in size. 2002 M. E. Wagner et al. Libr. Congr. Civil War Desk Ref. (2009) vi. 485 The minié ball (more accurately, a minié bullet, since it was conical, i.e. bullet-shaped) was invented by Frenchman Claude Etienne Minié. II. Simple uses. 2. A Minié bullet; a Minié rifle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > bullet > types of bullet pistol bullet?1591 musket bullet1598 musket ball1637 silver bullet1648 three-o(h)-three1683 pistol ball1689 musket shot1755 Biscayen1812 picket1848 rifle bolt1849 Minié ball1851 Minié1852 expanding bullet1859 navy bullet1873 two-two1895 dum-dum1897 Lee-Enfield bullet1899 rubber bullet1900 full-metal-jacket1913 round-nose1932 thirty-two1942 plastic bullet1945 baton round1968 1852 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 340 I hope to see the Minié snuffed out. 1867 Harper's Mag. Sept. 540/1 The ‘Miniés’ were flying about in the most..indiscriminate manner. 1904 Kynoch Jrnl. Jan.–Mar. 34 In 1851 the British Government..issued the musket known as the Minié, which gave results, as regards accuracy of fire, never before attained. 1986 A. M. Craig in M. B. Jansen & G. Rozman Japan in Transition (1988) ii. 43 The bakufu troops had old-fashioned weapons and some Miniés. 2004 F. D. McCann Soldiers of Pátria i. 14 The infantry soldiers of 1889 were armed with Comblain breech-loading rifles, although some units still used midcentury muzzle loaders, known as Miniés. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851
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