six-poundern.

/ˈsɪkspaʊndə/

Etymology: < six adj. + pounder n.⁴

a. A cannon throwing shot six pounds in weight.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > guns by weight of shot > of specific weight of shot

fifteen-pounder1684

four-pounder1684

hundred-pounder1684

six-pounder1684

three-pounder1684

ten-pounder1695

nine-pounder1713

seven-pounder1762

long nine1780

half-pounder1800

twelve-pounder1801

sices1804

twelve1804

one-pounder1811

eighteen1834

eighteen-pounder1866

1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 108 Six pounders, 2.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 169 Four six pounders, four four pounders, and two swivels.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 166 A light brass six-pounder to be fixed in the bow of their long-boat.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 347/1 The report was smart like that of a six-pounder.

1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xx. 356 Cornwallis planted..some six-pounders on his own left.

figurative.1797 in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) I. viii. 263 Clerk and I are continually obliged to open a six-pounder upon him in self-defence.attributive.1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 220 The Portuguese six pounder brigade.

b. A shot weighing six pounds.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns

fricasseec1575

murdering shot1583

chain-shota1586

crossbar1589

cross-bar shot1591

case shot1599

langrel1627

trundle-shot1627

partridge1635

chain-bullet1636

pelican1639

case1642

spike-shota1661

double-head1678

double-headed shot1678

partridge-shot1683

grape1687

burrel-shot1706

double1707

angel-shot1730

grapeshot1747

star shot1753

bar-shot1756

langrage1769

canister1801

stang-ball1802

chain1804

canister-shot1809

tier-shot1828

pot-leg1852

six-pounder1855

shunt shot1864

sand-shot1867

mitraille1868

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 628 He was himself hit by a second ball, a sixpounder.

†2. (See quot. 1785) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Six pounder, a servant maid, from the wages formerly given to maid servants, which was commonly six pounds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	six-pounder
释义	six-poundern. /ˈsɪkspaʊndə/ Etymology: < six adj. + pounder n.⁴ 1. a. A cannon throwing shot six pounds in weight. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > guns by weight of shot > of specific weight of shot fifteen-pounder1684 four-pounder1684 hundred-pounder1684 six-pounder1684 three-pounder1684 ten-pounder1695 nine-pounder1713 seven-pounder1762 long nine1780 half-pounder1800 twelve-pounder1801 sices1804 twelve1804 one-pounder1811 eighteen1834 eighteen-pounder1866 1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 108 Six pounders, 2. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 169 Four six pounders, four four pounders, and two swivels. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 166 A light brass six-pounder to be fixed in the bow of their long-boat. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 347/1 The report was smart like that of a six-pounder. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. xx. 356 Cornwallis planted..some six-pounders on his own left. figurative.1797 in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) I. viii. 263 Clerk and I are continually obliged to open a six-pounder upon him in self-defence.attributive.1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 220 The Portuguese six pounder brigade. b. A shot weighing six pounds. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively > shot > of large guns fricasseec1575 murdering shot1583 chain-shota1586 crossbar1589 cross-bar shot1591 case shot1599 langrel1627 trundle-shot1627 partridge1635 chain-bullet1636 pelican1639 case1642 spike-shota1661 double-head1678 double-headed shot1678 partridge-shot1683 grape1687 burrel-shot1706 double1707 angel-shot1730 grapeshot1747 star shot1753 bar-shot1756 langrage1769 canister1801 stang-ball1802 chain1804 canister-shot1809 tier-shot1828 pot-leg1852 six-pounder1855 shunt shot1864 sand-shot1867 mitraille1868 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 628 He was himself hit by a second ball, a sixpounder. †2. (See quot. 1785) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Six pounder, a servant maid, from the wages formerly given to maid servants, which was commonly six pounds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1684
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