单词 | wall-gun |
释义 | > as lemmaswall-gun wall-gun n. a large hand-gun supported on a tripod or crutch, for firing over a rampart. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms long gun1530 currier1558 crabut1626 long arm1675 bullet-guna1701 hand cannon1752 wall-gun1812 walking-stick gun1823 shoulder gun1824 safety gun1825 gas gun1856 self-cocker1857 bolt action1871 snap action gun1875 saddle gun1886 multibarrel1899 dane gun1900 clip-loader1901 pump-action1923 sleeve gun1944 laser gun1961 phaser1966 magnum1970 1812 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 63 We then fired with slugs (Colonel Douglas with a Spanish barrel, and I with a huge wall gun). 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 26 They found themselves..exposed to a fire both of musketry and wall-guns. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. iv. 473 Wall-guns brought from Cüstrin. < as lemmas |
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