| 单词 | butt-sheath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutt-sheath butt-sheath n. (a) a leather case for holding a mounted soldier's carbine (obsolete rare); (b) a metal sheath enclosing the butt of a tool or weapon (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > gun-case or sling > for mounted soldier's gun budget1816 butt piece1847 butt-sheath1848 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 47 Their pistols were in their holsters, and their carbines in the butt-sheaths [Fr. au porte-crosse]. 1897 Surrey Archaeol. Coll. 13 21 Butt-sheaths of spears are not found very commonly, although they must have offered a great advantage over bare wood for planting the weapon upright in the ground. 1943 J. H. Gaul in Papers Peabody Mus. Amer. Archaeol. & Ethnol. 20 171/1 ‘Copper’ axes, with wood handles, circa 40 cm. long, having ‘copper’ butt-sheath (stave-end). < as lemmas |
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