| 单词 | swivel-gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswivel-gun swivel-gun n. a gun or cannon, usually a small one, mounted on a swivel (sense 1b) so as to turn horizontally in any required direction. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > swivel-gun swivel-gun1712 swivel1748 wall-piece1755 jingal1761 zamburak1825 pivot gun1831 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 125 I went away in our Pinnace, with..a Swivel-Gun in the Boat. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 179 The Commodore ordered..a swivel gun-stock to be fixed in the bow. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. x. 102 I mounted six swivel guns upon the fort, which I was sorry to see struck the natives with dread. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 283 The longest duck or swivel guns. < as lemmas |
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