| 单词 | trench cart |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrench cart trench cart n. Military (now historical) a narrow handcart used to convey ammunition through the trenches. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > vehicles for transport of supplies collectively > ammunition cart or wagon > for use in trenches trench cart1832 1832 C. W. Pasley Rules for conducting Pract. Operations of Siege II. 219 That portion of it which consists of shot, and empty shells, may be conveyed in trench carts drawn by single horses. 1916 Times 6 Mar. 1/7 Collection at Sale of Work and Donations, per Miss Layard and Miss M. Outram (for Trench Cart). 1917 E. Thomas Let. 27 Mar. in E. Farjeon E. Thomas: Last Four Years (1958) 257 Today I solemnly took 10 men and an N.C.O. and a trench cart to steal a small truck for carrying shells on rails. 1988 D. McConnell Brit. Smooth-bore Artillery 233 The travelling carriages of the 8- and 10-inch mortars were pulled by a ‘shell cart limber’ which was a modified trench cart. < as lemmas |
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