| 释义 |
‖ punˈtal Obs.
Also 6 (anglicized) pointall.
[a. Sp. puntal, f. punto point.]
Properly, the name of a block-house on a point of sand at the entrance into the harbour of Cadiz; extended to a similar defensive work elsewhere; in Eng. usually plural, and treated as a common noun.
1587Spanish War 1585–7 (Navy Records Soc. XI. 163) The White Lion being commanded..to ride as near to Puntales [MS. Pointall] as might be. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3845/2 There were in Cadiz Bay 3 or 4 French Men of War.., who retired above the Puntals before the Entrance. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 197 To ride without the town of Callao, out of the command of the puntals or castles there. 1745Tindal Contin. Rapin III. xxvi. 569/1 The French men of war, and the gallies, that lay in the bay [of Cadiz], retired within the puntals. |