单词 | ordnance stores |
释义 | > as lemmasordnance stores C1. General attributive, as ordnance carriage, ordnance department, ordnance hospital, ordnance officer, ordnance park, ordnance stores, ordnance store-keeper, etc. ΚΠ 1728 Stamford Mercury 22 Feb. 62 That 80 261 L. 9s. 3d. be granted to his Majesty for the extraordinary Expence of Ordnance Stores sent to Gibraltar and Port-Mahone, and for additional Arms delivered to the Forces in the Year 1727. 1732 L. Armstrong Let. 15 Nov. in Cal. State Papers Amer. & W. Indies (1939) 251 In case of a rupture, the four Companys at Canso..will be in great danger, having no..place of defence, or any where to lodge ammunition or ordnance stores. 1795 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. Introd. 77 Ordnance stores for the siege, and cannoniers. 1803 Duke of Wellington Let. to Col. Murray 30 Apr. in Dispatches (1837) I. 529 Wheels for ordnance carriages. 1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland (New ed.) 210 The most efficient measure..was to fund..the floating debts, of the victualling, and of the ordnance departments. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxxxviii. 421 In front of an old ordinance marquee. 1844 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 7 118 In a straight line to the south-western corner of the Ordnance Storekeeper's house. 1847 J. C. Frémont Let. 23 Jan. in D. Jackson & M. L. Spence Exped. J. C. Frémont (1973) II. 279 I hereby direct you to settle with W. H. Russell who discharged the duties of Ordnance Officer. 1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 143 After a time these coil guns..find their way to the ordnance hospital at Woolwich. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 146 The whole of his ordnance park, containing a large quantity of ammunition and thirty-two guns. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) i. 12 A tall Ordnance Officer..directed me to the same fifteen-hundredweight truck which had been the Orderly Room in the Training Area. 1960 H. C. Thomson & L. A. Mayo Ordnance Dept.: Procurem. & Supply xiv. 329 One of the first steps taken..was to enlist the services of George D. Edwards..as consultant to the Ordnance Department. 1993 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 57 455 Only one such vessel was lost during the war, and she most likely was not engaged in the shipment of British naval ordnance stores at the time. < as lemmas |
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