| 单词 | black bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack bill black bill n. now historical a type of halberd with a black head; cf. bill n.1 2a. ΚΠ 1480 Bill of Expenditure in Mariner's Mirror (1978) 64 233 Iiij blake bills, v shepp sperys, v long bowys..xij bow strynges. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 5 Thus much..to our inueterate conceiters of bowes and blacke billes. 1688 A. Pulton Some Reflections 8 A Band of Bully Scholars, marching under ground with their Black-Bills. 1839 Short Hist. Tower of London 26 The bill, and the English black bill, are very ancient arms, and were those principally used by the infantry before the introduction of the pike. 1908 B. E. Sargeaunt Weapons ii. 24 Certain weapons were termed ‘brown-bills’ or ‘black-bills’ on account of the colour of the material put on the metal to preserve it. 2007 L. Brittney Nathan Fox: Dangerous Times (2008) v. 76 There are rapiers.., battle axes, black bills. < as lemmas |
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