Teller minen.

Brit.

/ˈtɛlə mʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈtɛlər ˌmaɪn/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Tellermine.

Etymology: < German Tellermine (1934 or earlier) < Teller plate (13th cent.; < Old French tailleor serving platter, plate on which meats are cut (c1180) < taillier to cut (see tail v.²) + -eor -or suffix) + Mine mine n.

Now historical.

A powerful anti-tank mine in the form of a large plate or disc, used by German forces during the Second World War (1939–45).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > land-mine > anti-vehicle mine

Teller mine1941

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1941 J. Lardner in W. H. Baumer He's in Army Now 437 Shoulders and ditches were alive with Teller mines and Bouncing Babies.

1943 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 4 Aug.–26 Oct. 11 A huge collection of teller-mines, or disc mines, discovered by the allied forces near Roccalumba.

1967 Punch 11 Jan. 40/1 We were..taking the fuses out of those wretched Tellermines.

2008 M. C. Bilder & J. G. Bilder Foot Soldier for Patton vi. 95 One of our men would push the gate open to pass through, only to detonate a Teller mine and be blown into a million pieces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	teller mine
释义	Teller minen. Brit. /ˈtɛlə mʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈtɛlər ˌmaɪn/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Tellermine. Etymology: < German Tellermine (1934 or earlier) < Teller plate (13th cent.; < Old French tailleor serving platter, plate on which meats are cut (c1180) < taillier to cut (see tail v.²) + -eor -or suffix) + Mine mine n. Now historical. A powerful anti-tank mine in the form of a large plate or disc, used by German forces during the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > land-mine > anti-vehicle mine Teller mine1941 vehicle minea1944 1941 J. Lardner in W. H. Baumer He's in Army Now 437 Shoulders and ditches were alive with Teller mines and Bouncing Babies. 1943 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 4 Aug.–26 Oct. 11 A huge collection of teller-mines, or disc mines, discovered by the allied forces near Roccalumba. 1967 Punch 11 Jan. 40/1 We were..taking the fuses out of those wretched Tellermines. 2008 M. C. Bilder & J. G. Bilder Foot Soldier for Patton vi. 95 One of our men would push the gate open to pass through, only to detonate a Teller mine and be blown into a million pieces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941
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