单词 | canvas-bag |
释义 | > as lemmascanvas-bag canvas-bag n. a bag made of canvas; also Military (see quot. 1708). ΚΠ 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Canvas-bags or Earth-bags (in Fortif.) are Baggs fill'd with Earth, and us'd to raise [or repair] a Breast-work in haste. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Canvass-Bags,..Bags filled with Earth, used to raise a Parapet in haste. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxx. 190 Guineas in a canvass bag. < as lemmas |
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