A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blow in a door, gate, etc., or to make a hole in a wall. Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > land-mine (25) petard1566 A small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blow in a door, gate, etc., or to make a hole in a wall. Now historical. powder minea1639 a mine (mine, n. 5) filled with gunpowder; also figurative. fougade1643 = fougasse, n.; also figurative. bomb-chest1704 caisson1704 Military. A chest containing bombs or other explosives, to be buried and fired as a mine. globe of compression1771 Military. globe of compression: an overcharged mine, the explosion of which produces a crater of greater radius than depth. Obsolete. torpedo1786 Military. A shell furnished with a percussion or friction device buried in the ground, which explodes when the ground is trodden upon; a petard. U.S. fougasse1832 ‘A small mine from 6 to 12 feet under ground, charged either with powder or loaded shells’ (Voyle). stifler1836 Military slang. = camouflet, n. 1. landmine1875 An explosive mine laid on or just under the surface of the ground and which detonates when activated by a person, vehicle, etc., passing over or… observation mine1886 a mine detonated remotely by an observer (see quot. 1973). egg1917 A bomb, a mine. slang. Subcategories:— cavity in which mine is placed (2) — anti-personnel mine (3) — anti-vehicle mine (2) — minefield (1) — fuse for mine (5) |
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