单词 | remington |
释义 | Remingtonn. 1. A proprietary name for: a type of gun or (originally) gun barrel.Earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [noun] > proprietary names Remington1846 Varityper1928 Palantype1940 Olivetti1949 Flexowriter1955 Selectric1964 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > small arms by manufacturer Springfield1813 Remington1846 Sharps1850 Smith & Wesson1859 Savage1892 Parabellum1904 Webley1911 Walther1920 Tokarev1953 Armalite1958 1846 Madison (Wisc.) Express 28 Aug. [3]/3 (advt.) Gun Barrels & Gun Trimmings, Consisting of 'Remington' Iron and Steel Gun Barrels. 1871 W. W. Greener Mod. Breech-loaders 192 The Remington Rifle…has been extensively used in America, France, Denmark, and Austria. 1895 W. S. Churchill in Daily Graphic 27 Dec. 4/3 The rebels, who use Remingtons, fired independently. 1949 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 23 Feb. ii. 1/1 Among the rare pistols are an 1850 double-barreled dueling pistol..and a five-shot Remington pistol. 1959 A. K. Lang in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Mag. Feb. 77/2 The blonde found herself staring down the muzzle of his Remington. 1973 ‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing ix. 114 A Remington ·410 across his knees..just the one shot. 2004 Backwoods Home Mag. July–Aug. 74/3 80 percent of police departments buy Remingtons for their ‘riot guns’. 2. A make of typewriter.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.Earliest in attributive use. ΚΠ 1876 Nature 18 May 43/1 (title) The Remington Type-writing Machine. 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 27 Aug. (1965) I. 551 I typewrite on a Bar Lock; but they now all imitate the Remington type so closely that there is no telling. 1926 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 May 1177 Remington... Typewriters, accounting typewriters and portable typewriters and accessories... Remington Typewriter Company..New York, U.S.A.; manufacturers. 1935 N. Marsh Enter Murderer xvi. 193 ‘Is there a typewriter?’ ‘There is. A Remington.’ 1975 Country Life 9 Oct. 920/4 A link between typewriters and women's emancipation. The first Remingtons were produced in 1873. 2004 C. Ozick Heir to Glimmering World x. 54 She was familiar with the fierce and rapid rattle of Bertram's old Remington, on which I would sometimes copy out a paragraph. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846 |
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