| 单词 | base ring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbase ring base ring n. (a) Gunnery a moulding on the breech of a cannon between the base and the first reinforce; (b) Archaeology a projecting circular base; attributive (as base-ring) designating a type of late Bronze Age pottery from Cyprus. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > Neolithic or Bronze Age pottery base ring1626 Schnurkeramik1902 Bandkeramik1921 corded ware1928 Buckelkeramik1929 Halafian1937 plumbate1948 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > raised band on cannon > on breech base ring1626 carnouse1626 button1640 button astragal1847 neck fillet1859 frettage1882 1626Base ring [see sense 6]. 1797 T. Connelly & T. Higgins Diccionario Nuevo y Completo de las Lenguas Española é Inglesa I. 77/2 Base ring of a cannon,..the next behind the touch hole. 1811 W. Müller Elem. Sci. War I. 66 The other remarkable parts of a gun are..the length of the gun.., the breech ogee.., the base ring [etc.]. 1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 53 The Length of a gun is ascertained by measuring it from the rear of the base ring to the face of the muzzle. 1897 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 17 135 Base-ring Ware. 1899 J. L. Myres & M. Ohnefalsch-Richter Catal. Cyprus Museum 16 With the exception of a few late and distinct fabrics, the vessels have no foot or base-ring to enable them to stand upright. 1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine v. 99 Base-ring ware from Cyprus..died out rapidly after the beginning of the thirteenth century. 1956 D. B. Harden Dark-Age Brit. ii. 166 Now this type of broken-base cup is very frequently found on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sites, being the base-ring of tall goblets of that period. 1979 T. Wise Artillery Equipments Napoleonic Wars 6/1 Quoins or wedges rested on the bed to support the base ring of the barrel. 2006 Ann. Brit. School Athens 101 5 Two pottery fragments from Base-Ring I vessels..are both of different and unknown composition. < as lemmas |
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