| 单词 | coehorn mortar |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoehorn mortar a. A small mortar for throwing grenades, introduced by Baron Coehorn. In full, coehorn mortar. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar potgun?1470 mortar1547 mortar-piece1570 pot-piecea1578 bomb1684 coehorn1705 royal1743 royal mortar1867 mortar gun1997 1705 London Gaz. No. 4104/2 The 30 Coehorn Mortars.. did much damage. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 144 Hurt with one of our Grenado-Shels, which broke in the Bark, when fir'd out of the Cohorne. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxii. 284 Our bomb battery, mounting two mortars, and twenty-four cohorns. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 48 The Mahonesa, of 34 guns, besides cohorns and swivels. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 63/1 Four inches two-fifths is the calibre of the British coehorn. < as lemmas |
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