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Oropesa|ɒrəʊˈpiːzə|
The name of the vessel first used to test the apparatus, used attrib. to designate a minesweeping device first developed during the war of 1914–18.
1939War Illustr. 9 Dec. 399/2 Minesweepers work in pairs, with each unit 300 to 500 yards apart. Between them, sometimes suspended from two sets of apparatus called Oropesa floats, is drawn the sweep wire, which has a series of steel cutters. Should this come into contact with a mooring cable, the mine will rise to the surface and it can then be destroyed by gunfire. Ibid. 29 Dec. 538/1 Oropesa, a type of minesweeping float. The name originated from that of a trawler in which the newly-invented gear was first tested. 1940Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 Apr. 297 A little farther on a minesweeper was being reconditioned, grim-looking with bristling gun, and oropesa sweeps. 1949J. S. Cowie Mines, Minelayers & Minelaying vi. 105 The spread of an Oropesa type of sweep. 1965K. Langmaid Approaches are Mined! ii. vii. 138 The introduction of..the Oropesa Float made it possible for a single vessel to sweep a wide area in a reasonably short time. |