单词 | pavisade |
释义 | pavisaden. Now historical. Originally: a defence or screen made of pavises or other shields joined in a continuous line (either in land warfare or on board ship). In later use also: a screen of canvas erected around the sides of a ship to protect and conceal the crew. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > barriers in water > screen pavisade1600 pavisado1609 fighta1616 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > compact formation > shield-wall or testudo pavisea1460 target-fence1598 pavisade1600 target-roof1601 pavisado1609 tortoiseshella1661 testudoa1680 tortoise1697 shield-wall1880 shield-hedge1892 shield-ring1892 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. 373 The pavoisade or tortuse-fense. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cotgrave) Pavoisade, any Target-fence, that of Galleys, whereby the slaves are defended from the smal shot of the Enemy. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) III. iii. vi. 159 A Number of Harquebusiers, drawn up ready, and charg'd, and all cover'd with a Pavesade like a Galliot. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Pavoisade or Pavezado, a Target-defence in Galleys to cover Slaves that row on the Benches. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Pavesade (Mil.), pavoisade, or pavisade, French for a sail cloth hung round a galley during action to cover the slaves that row on the benches. 1904 N.E.D. at Pavis sb. A screen of pavises; a pavisade. 1956 R. A. Preston et al. Men in Arms viii. 121 The rowers were protected while going into battle by light wooden sideworks (pavesades). 1999 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 63 573 The fighting men on a galley were positioned on a ‘runway’ down the centre of the vessel while the rowers were protected by a ‘pavisade’ or screen along the gunwales, often formed of shields. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600 |
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