| 单词 | mountain-gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain-gun mountain-gun n. [compare French pièce de montagne (see quot. 1844; apparently not recorded elsewhere)] Military a gun specially adapted for use in mountainous country. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mountain-piece or howitzer howitz1687 howitzer1695 amusette1757 mountain howitzer1812 mountain-gun1844 how1915 gun-howitzer1940 1844 Athenaeum 7 Dec. 1115/2 He [sc. Napoleon] inquired if we had any pièces de montagne, (mountain guns). 1858 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 599/1 The two field-batteries and the mountain-guns were loaded with grape. 1973 Modelworld Feb. 291/2 Hinchcliffe have recently issued in their 25 mm scale figure series two interesting little groups, representing a 2.5 inch mountain-gun [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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