Sharpsn.

/ʃɑːps/

Forms: Also with small initial.

Etymology: < the name of Christian Sharps (1811–74), U.S. gunsmith.

U.S.

Applied absol. to any of a number of firearms invented and manufactured by Sharps; esp. a celebrated variety of breech-loading, single-shot rifle. Also in the possessive and attributive.

ΘΚΠ

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

1850 Sci. Amer. 9 Mar. 193/2 (heading) Sharps' breech~loading patent rifle.

1873 Forest & Stream XXIX. 2 As long as the Indian agents send cases of breech-loading Sharps marked ‘hardware’..as Government annuity, we must expect these murders, robberies, etc., on the part of the Indians.

1929 B. Davis Truth about Geronimo 161 His gun, an antiquated Sharps rifle, had gone off accidentally.

1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs xv. 176 Doc Harnaday and his old Sharps could..‘hit a yearling bull..at 900 yards’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	sharps
释义	Sharpsn. /ʃɑːps/ Forms: Also with small initial. Etymology: < the name of Christian Sharps (1811–74), U.S. gunsmith. U.S. Applied absol. to any of a number of firearms invented and manufactured by Sharps; esp. a celebrated variety of breech-loading, single-shot rifle. Also in the possessive and attributive. ΘΚΠ 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 1850 Sci. Amer. 9 Mar. 193/2 (heading) Sharps' breech~loading patent rifle. 1873 Forest & Stream XXIX. 2 As long as the Indian agents send cases of breech-loading Sharps marked ‘hardware’..as Government annuity, we must expect these murders, robberies, etc., on the part of the Indians. 1929 B. Davis Truth about Geronimo 161 His gun, an antiquated Sharps rifle, had gone off accidentally. 1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs xv. 176 Doc Harnaday and his old Sharps could..‘hit a yearling bull..at 900 yards’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1850
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