powder chestn.

Brit.

/ˈpaʊdə tʃɛst/, U.S.

/ˈpaʊdər ˌtʃɛst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: powder n.¹, chest n.¹

Etymology: < powder n.¹ + chest n.¹

1. A chest for storing or carrying gunpowder or other explosives.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > container for gunpowder

powder box1379

powder barrel1496

powder poke1496

powder horn1508

powder bag1533

flask1549

powder flask1552

budge-barrel1627

powder chest1627

powder magazine1712

auget1752

powder keg1791

salting-box1802

pulverain1890

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 Giue fire by a Gunpowder match, to preuent traines to the powder chest.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxvi. 167 Our danger was the greater, as the fire was about the powder-chest.

1787 J. Pugh Remarkable Occurr. Life J. Hanway 27 A quantity of raw cotton..was set on fire by the carelessness of one of the seamen; but was with some difficulty extinguished before the fire reached the powder chest.

1835 Times 28 Sept. 2/4 At the moment that the firing of the Russian infantry commenced on the left, a powder-chest blew up with a tremendous report.

1995 Coal Week (Nexis) 16 Jan. 8 The proposed rule..relates to requirements for powder chests and the separation of transported explosive material.

†2. A small improvised bomb charged with gunpowder, scrap iron, old nails, etc., and fastened to the deck of a ship to be discharged at a boarding enemy. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > bomb discharged from ship

powder chest1630

1630 J. Winthrop Jrnl. 9 Apr. (1996) 6 All the hamackoes were taken downe, our ordinance laded, & our powder Chestes & fire works made readye.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xiii. 86 How to make Powder-Chests.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) Powder-chests, certain small boxes, charged with powder and a quantity of old nails, or splinters of iron, and fastened occasionally on the decks and sides of a ship, in order to be discharged on an enemy who attempts to seize her by boarding.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1781/1 Powder-chest, a form of grenade consisting of a box charged with powder, old nails, etc., to be hurled at boarders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	powder chest
释义	powder chestn. Brit. /ˈpaʊdə tʃɛst/, U.S. /ˈpaʊdər ˌtʃɛst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: powder n.¹, chest n.¹ Etymology: < powder n.¹ + chest n.¹ 1. A chest for storing or carrying gunpowder or other explosives. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > container for gunpowder powder box1379 powder barrel1496 powder poke1496 powder horn1508 powder bag1533 flask1549 powder flask1552 budge-barrel1627 powder chest1627 powder magazine1712 auget1752 powder keg1791 salting-box1802 pulverain1890 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xii. 57 Giue fire by a Gunpowder match, to preuent traines to the powder chest. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxvi. 167 Our danger was the greater, as the fire was about the powder-chest. 1787 J. Pugh Remarkable Occurr. Life J. Hanway 27 A quantity of raw cotton..was set on fire by the carelessness of one of the seamen; but was with some difficulty extinguished before the fire reached the powder chest. 1835 Times 28 Sept. 2/4 At the moment that the firing of the Russian infantry commenced on the left, a powder-chest blew up with a tremendous report. 1995 Coal Week (Nexis) 16 Jan. 8 The proposed rule..relates to requirements for powder chests and the separation of transported explosive material. †2. A small improvised bomb charged with gunpowder, scrap iron, old nails, etc., and fastened to the deck of a ship to be discharged at a boarding enemy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > bomb discharged from ship powder chest1630 1630 J. Winthrop Jrnl. 9 Apr. (1996) 6 All the hamackoes were taken downe, our ordinance laded, & our powder Chestes & fire works made readye. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xiii. 86 How to make Powder-Chests. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine (at cited word) Powder-chests, certain small boxes, charged with powder and a quantity of old nails, or splinters of iron, and fastened occasionally on the decks and sides of a ship, in order to be discharged on an enemy who attempts to seize her by boarding. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1781/1 Powder-chest, a form of grenade consisting of a box charged with powder, old nails, etc., to be hurled at boarders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1627
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