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单词 ricochet shot
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ricochet shot
C1. General attributive, as ricochet battery, ricochet fire, ricochet practice, ricochet shot, etc.
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1740Ricochet battery [see sense 1a].
1746 J. Muller Treat. Elem. Part Fortification ii. 22 The greatest improvement made in the art of attacking happened in the Year 1697, when M. Vauban made first use of ricochet firing at the siege of Ath, whereby the besieged placed behind the parapets, were as much exposed to the fire of the besiegers, as if there had been none.
1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 623 The gate of the barrier leading through the glacis to the east ravelin, had been beaten down by ricochet shot flying over the battery, which the enemy had raised before it.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 355 Tables of ricochet practice, shewing the charge, elevation, time of flight, and effect at various ranges.
1847 Times 14 Aug. 6/4 The ricochet battery at 800 yards range also made excellent practice.
1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 54 One of the men in the ricochet butt.
1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvii. 369 A ricochet fire which..had been more or less working havoc in their ranks.
1881 Notes & Queries 30 July 90/1 The bounding or ricochet motion of the tennis-ball, being a ‘tanz’ or dance of the ball around the court.
1902 Kynoch Jrnl. Apr.–May 80/2 At various points we have placed ricochet mounds, the first of which will catch any low or accidentally fired shot.
1944 Pop. Science Dec. 124/1 Fuses can be set to detonate at precise moment..Time fuse for ricochet burst.
1977 G. E. Rothenberg Art Warfare in Age of Napoleon (1980) iii. 76 Additional range could be obtained by means of ricochet fire.
1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. iv. 2/3 He..bloodied one woman's face with a ricochet shot.
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