单词 | orecchion |
释义 | † orecchionn. Fortification. Obsolete. rare. = orillon n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > parts of orecchionc1585 pome1598 face1648 orillon1648 gola1663 neck1668 gorge1669 neckline1672 shoulder1672 epaule1702 demi-gorge1706 pan1707 throat1728 c1585 Note in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) III. 274/2 I woulde have..The Collionsides or ocrechons [probably a mistranscription of orrechons], large and longe. 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 16 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres The best way into it, were some 40 foote distant from the Bulwarke Orechion or Cullion. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 125 The point or front of the Orecchion shall alwayes ende with two..obtuse Angles. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iv. iii. 133 The Orechion which is the guard or shoulder of the Bulwark, the Curtaine which is the front, the Counterfront which are the Spurrs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1585 |
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