| 单词 | ball-firing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasball-firing ball-firing n. now rare the firing of ball ammunition; artillery practice. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > discharge of artillery cannon shot1567 cannonrya1583 cannoning1583 girding?c1600 cannoneering1699 playing1711 ball-firing1783 1783 Proposed Regulations Gen. Court (Gen. Assistants Honourable Artillery Co. London) 2 Apr. (single sheet) Two of the said Field-Days be held in the Country; one at least to practice Ball-firing. 1806 Times 7 Oct. 2/4 The 5th Regiment..will march from thence to practise ball firing. 1886 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Dec. 1/7 The Militia..hurried through a course of ball firing which generally produced the most miserable results. 1925 tr. in C. M. Wilbur & J. L. How Documents Communism in China 1918–1927 (1956) vi. 344 When we tested their ball-firing, we found the average infantry artillery student definitely inferior to students in Russian schools. 1985 H. Strachan From Waterloo to Balaclava ii. 30 In one company's ball firing, fifty bayonet springs were broken and a further twenty-five bayonets came loose. < as lemmas |
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