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‖ rafale|rafal|
[Fr., lit. a gust of wind.]
A series of bursts of gun-fire; a roll of drums. Also fig.
1903P. de B. Radcliffe tr. G. Rouquerol's Tactical Employment Quick-Firing Field Artillery ii. i. 33 To obtain the instantaneous effect, to produce that which he [sc. Gen. Langlois] vividly termed the rafale, or shell-storm, he conceived a special device which he called ‘échelon fire’. 1914Sphere 3 Oct. 8/1 The second diagram shows a ‘rafale’, or ‘shell-storm’. This is the method practised by batteries of French artillery to prevent the advance of infantry. 1916Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 604/2 The ·75, by rafale and curtain tactics, is able to isolate an attacking force by keeping the supports at bay. 1922Public Opinion 28 July 85/1 If I had a few private batteries I should fire a private rafale in honour of the best book of the year. 1928Blackw. Mag. Jan. 69/1 This was delivered with a slobbering roll of ‘r's’ like a rafale of water-logged kettle-drums. 1931E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xii. 137 Now the staccato ear-splitting rafale of cheering rowels them afresh. |