英语词汇“quaker gun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Quaker gun n. [with allusion to the pacifist principles of the Society of Friends.] chiefly U.S. a dummy gun or cannon, esp. one used to deceive an enemy; cf. sense 6. Now historical.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > dummy gun

Quaker gun1809

Quaker1840

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > dummy gun

Quaker gun1809

Quaker1840

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 216 A formidable battery of quaker guns.

1890 C. W. Haskins Argonauts of Calif. 36 It was even possible sometimes to frighten one of them to death by running out of the port-hole a Quaker gun.

1988 Handgunner July–Aug. 43/3 The first gun of his own manufacture was a drill musket, or Quaker gun, made from a Civil War musket with the barrel replaced by a wooden one.

2006 Civil War Times Illustr. May 40 The Federals did not employ the Quaker gun ruse nearly as often as their Confederate counterparts—but were usually successful when they did.

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释义	> as lemmas Quaker gun Quaker gun n. [with allusion to the pacifist principles of the Society of Friends.] chiefly U.S. a dummy gun or cannon, esp. one used to deceive an enemy; cf. sense 6. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > dummy gun Quaker gun1809 Quaker1840 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > dummy gun Quaker gun1809 Quaker1840 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 216 A formidable battery of quaker guns. 1890 C. W. Haskins Argonauts of Calif. 36 It was even possible sometimes to frighten one of them to death by running out of the port-hole a Quaker gun. 1988 Handgunner July–Aug. 43/3 The first gun of his own manufacture was a drill musket, or Quaker gun, made from a Civil War musket with the barrel replaced by a wooden one. 2006 Civil War Times Illustr. May 40 The Federals did not employ the Quaker gun ruse nearly as often as their Confederate counterparts—but were usually successful when they did. extracted from Quakern. < as lemmas
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