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单词 shot-garland
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shot-garlandn.

1. Nautical. (See quot. 1769) Obsolete.
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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Garland Shot-Garland, a piece of timber nailed horizontally along the ship's side from one gun-port to another, and used to contain the round-shot ready for charging the great guns in battle. For this purpose it is furnished with several semi-globular cavities, corresponding to the size of the cannon-balls which it is employed to contain.
2. ‘In land-batteries, an iron or wooden stand on which shot and shell are piled in order to preserve them from deterioration’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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