| 单词 | wire cartridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswire cartridge wire cartridge n. Shooting (now rare) a shotgun cartridge formed of wire mesh designed to control the dispersal of the pellets in order to give greater range. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > cartridge wire cartridge1829 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > cartridge > type of cartridge ball cartridge1768 blank-cartridge1826 wire cartridge1829 Schultze cartridge1885 centre-fire1889 blank1896 1829 Let. 3 Mar. in Sporting Mag. Apr. 409/2 I..cordially agree in his observations respecting the danger of Eley's patent wire cartridges. 1858 in W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 14 (advt.) The advantages to be derived from the use of the Wire Cartridge, in the pursuit of..game... The shot is packed within a wire cage, which is constructed so as to allow them to escape from it gradually while the charge is in motion. 1956 C. Willock Death at Flight xv. 202 ‘Wire cartridges,’ he said. ‘Punt-gunners use these to get greater range.’ < as lemmas |
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