单词 | blindage |
释义 | blindagen. A screen or other structure used in fortification, sieges, etc. to protect from the enemy's firing; a mantelet. = blind n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > shield to protect gunners blind1644 gun-house1736 blindage1812 blinding1829 mantlet1859 shield1898 1812 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) IX. 196 Troops are well protected from the effects even of the heaviest fire of shells, by what are called blindages. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis II. xxxiii. 69 The Turcomans having constructed blindages in connection with their huts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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