| 单词 | breastwork monitor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreastwork monitor g. Nautical. On an ironclad warship: an armoured superstructure enclosing one or more turrets, funnels, deck openings, etc. Also as a modifier, esp. in breastwork monitor: an ironclad warship fitted with such a superstructure. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck superstructure > on a warship breastwork1868 conning-tower1870 1868 Standard 10 Sept. 6/1 Around the Glatton's turret..will be erected a kind of armour-plated breastwork, over which the turret guns will fire. 1903 Engineering 20 Nov. 714/1 The openings to engine-room and stoke-holds, as well as the funnels, were also protected by the breastwork. 1972 Warship Internat. 9 272 Known also as a turret ship or breastwork monitor, Cerberus was the prototype of a class of ships in the RN which were loosely known as the ‘Monster Class’ because of their mythological names. 2015 D. Leggett Shaping Royal Navy v. 171 The Chief Constructor had extended the breastwork, which protected the base of the ship's turret, to the sides of the ship with a lighter iron superstructure. < as lemmas |
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