| 单词 | swedish feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSwedish feather Swedish feather n. (see quot 1652.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > pike > [noun] > other pikes fire pike1483 morris-pike1487 fire pike?a1549 rancon?a1549 Swedish feather1652 shove-pike1764 thrusting-pike1856 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 145 Staves with iron pikes at both ends (commonly called Swedish feathers). 1786 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. I. 165 Rests thus armed [with spikes, etc.], were called swines or Sweedish feathers, and were contrivances preceding the use of the bayonet. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 181 I was often obliged to run my head against my old acquaintances, the Swedish feathers, whilk your honour must conceive to be double-pointed stakes, shod with iron at each end, and planted before the squad of pikes to prevent an infall of the cavalry. < as lemmas |
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