| 单词 | chase-gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschase-gun chase-gun n. ‘such guns as are removed to the chase-ports ahead or astern, if not pivot-guns’ (Adm. Smyth). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > gun in specific position nosepiecea1614 stern-piece1622 chase-piece1626 rakera1640 chase-gun1667 bow-chase1769 chaser1804 stern-chaser1815 top gun1816 bow-chaser1836 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxxxii. 21 Raking Chace-guns through our sterns they send. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Chase guns, are such whose Ports are either in the Head (and then they are used in chasing of others) or in the Stern, which are only useful when they are pursued or chased by any Ship or Ships. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 378 He gave orders to fire upon them with the chace-guns. < as lemmas |
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