Gunnery. The additional thickness of metal serving to strengthen certain portions of a cannon.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > reinforcing (5) fortification1626 Gunnery. The additional thickness of metal serving to strengthen certain portions of a cannon. reinforce1757 Gunnery. A part (or one of two parts) of a gun next to the breech, made stronger than the rest in order to resist the explosive force of the… jacket1854 In artillery: an exterior layer of metal extending from the breechblock of a gun part-way up the barrel, designed to reinforce the gun against the… re-enforce1861 = reinforce, n. 2. gun hoop1891 one of the coiled or forged steel envelopes shrunk on the central tube of a modern cannon. |
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