单词 | shot-garland |
释义 | shot-garlandn.ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > receptacle for shot garland1697 shot-garland1769 shot-rack1834 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). < n.1769 |
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