seven-poundern.

Brit.

/ˌsɛvnˈpaʊndə/, U.S.

/ˌsɛvənˈpaʊndər/

Forms: see seven adj. and n., pound n.¹, and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., pound n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < seven adj. + pound n.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. A gun which fires shells weighing seven pounds. Now chiefly historical.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > guns by weight of shot > of specific weight of shot

fifteen-pounder1684

four-pounder1684

hundred-pounder1684

six-pounder1684

three-pounder1684

ten-pounder1695

nine-pounder1713

seven-pounder1762

long nine1780

half-pounder1800

twelve-pounder1801

sices1804

twelve1804

one-pounder1811

eighteen1834

eighteen-pounder1866

1762 J. Campbell Acct. Spanish Settlem. in Amer. App. 509 31 twelve pounders, 6 ten pounders, 3 eight pounders, 1 seven pounder, 4 six pounders.

1896 Daily News 22 Apr. 7/7 A Hotchkiss seven-pounder.

1941 Times (Weekly ed.) 15 Oct. 7/3 The gunner had taken the tarp off the seven-pounder forward and was adjusting the sights and oiling the gun.

2005 J. Laband Transvaal Rebellion (2014) viii. 161 The British constructed an entrenchment on a hill about 1,600 yards east of the camp and stationed a company of infantry and the division of 7-pounders there.

2. A person, animal, or thing weighing seven pounds (approx. 3.2 kg).

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1821 Sporting Mag. Nov. 69/2 Large fish were very rare, and..ten, or even seven pounders were always scarce.

1949 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 3 Apr. 42/5 (headline) 28-oz. preemie 7-pounder now... Little Renee Michelle Pickel, born prematurely at six months, is gaining weight daily.

2016 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 June 8 It [sc. a bomb] looks like a six or seven pounder. James Street was heavily bombed during the war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seven-pounder
释义	seven-poundern. Brit. /ˌsɛvnˈpaʊndə/, U.S. /ˌsɛvənˈpaʊndər/ Forms: see seven adj. and n., pound n.¹, and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seven adj., pound n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < seven adj. + pound n.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. A gun which fires shells weighing seven pounds. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > guns by weight of shot > of specific weight of shot fifteen-pounder1684 four-pounder1684 hundred-pounder1684 six-pounder1684 three-pounder1684 ten-pounder1695 nine-pounder1713 seven-pounder1762 long nine1780 half-pounder1800 twelve-pounder1801 sices1804 twelve1804 one-pounder1811 eighteen1834 eighteen-pounder1866 1762 J. Campbell Acct. Spanish Settlem. in Amer. App. 509 31 twelve pounders, 6 ten pounders, 3 eight pounders, 1 seven pounder, 4 six pounders. 1896 Daily News 22 Apr. 7/7 A Hotchkiss seven-pounder. 1941 Times (Weekly ed.) 15 Oct. 7/3 The gunner had taken the tarp off the seven-pounder forward and was adjusting the sights and oiling the gun. 2005 J. Laband Transvaal Rebellion (2014) viii. 161 The British constructed an entrenchment on a hill about 1,600 yards east of the camp and stationed a company of infantry and the division of 7-pounders there. 2. A person, animal, or thing weighing seven pounds (approx. 3.2 kg). ΚΠ 1821 Sporting Mag. Nov. 69/2 Large fish were very rare, and..ten, or even seven pounders were always scarce. 1949 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 3 Apr. 42/5 (headline) 28-oz. preemie 7-pounder now... Little Renee Michelle Pickel, born prematurely at six months, is gaining weight daily. 2016 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 June 8 It [sc. a bomb] looks like a six or seven pounder. James Street was heavily bombed during the war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1762
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