siege-piecen.

Etymology: siege n. 6.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsiege-piece.

1. A coin or piece of money, characterized by unusual shape and imperfect workmanship, struck and issued during a time of siege.

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siege-piece1736

1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins 7 I have among the Siege-Pieces seen a Twenty-Shilling Piece of Gold, struck at Pontefract.

1798 H. Walpole Reminisc. in Lett. (1857) I. p. xcii My narrative will probably resemble siege-pieces, which are struck of any promiscuous metals.

1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. i. 5 The rude ‘siege pieces’ struck without coining apparatus in different parts of the kingdom.

1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 12 There are various siege pieces of Charles I, who never in all his extremities resorted to the expedient of a debased coinage.

2. A piece of ordnance employed in sieges.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > siege-piece

piece of battery1570

siege-piece1801

siege-gun1858

1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) i. 25/1 The French found in the towers of Joppa ten pieces of cannon and about twenty indifferent siege-pieces.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	siege-piece
释义	siege-piecen. Etymology: siege n. 6.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsiege-piece. 1. A coin or piece of money, characterized by unusual shape and imperfect workmanship, struck and issued during a time of siege. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > siege-piece siege-piece1736 1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins 7 I have among the Siege-Pieces seen a Twenty-Shilling Piece of Gold, struck at Pontefract. 1798 H. Walpole Reminisc. in Lett. (1857) I. p. xcii My narrative will probably resemble siege-pieces, which are struck of any promiscuous metals. 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. I. i. 5 The rude ‘siege pieces’ struck without coining apparatus in different parts of the kingdom. 1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 12 There are various siege pieces of Charles I, who never in all his extremities resorted to the expedient of a debased coinage. 2. A piece of ordnance employed in sieges. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > siege-piece piece of battery1570 siege-piece1801 siege-gun1858 1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) i. 25/1 The French found in the towers of Joppa ten pieces of cannon and about twenty indifferent siege-pieces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1736
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