counter-batteryn.

Etymology: < French contre-batterie: compare counter- prefix 2a, 2b, 2j.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-ˌbattery.

Military.

†1.

a. A counter-attack with artillery. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment > counter-bombardment

counter-battery1572

1572 W. Malim tr. N. Martinengo True Rep. Famagosta f. 4 And we made a counterbattery against our enemies for 10. dayes space.

1592 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 429 With some few peces of artillerie making counter battery.

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 103 The besieged did..make so furious a counter-Battery, as, etc.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 156.

b. figurative.

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1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus viii. sig. E3 Faustus hadde begun to prepare for the counterbattery, determining to throw downe vppon the assemblies heads so many heauy charmes and coniurations, that they should fall downe.

2. A battery raised against another. Also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > battery

battery1555

counter-battery1603

swallow's nest1604

field battery1742

radeau1753

guns en barbette1772

half-moon battery1794

sap battery1810

sunken battery1817

screw battery1848

wool-battery1852

masked battery1861

mountain battery1868

machine-gun battery1882

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xx. 41 Provided with a counter-battery of forcible enchantments.

1667 London Gaz. No. 170/2 They raised a battery of five great guns against the Town, which were dismounted by a Counterbattery of seven guns.

1838 Penny Cycl. X. 375/1 That the guns..might be..concealed from the view of the enemy in his counter-battery.

†3. [counter- prefix 2j] A battering of each other.

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1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 48 He would never have begun this unhappy counterbattery of inke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	counter-battery
释义	counter-batteryn. Etymology: < French contre-batterie: compare counter- prefix 2a, 2b, 2j.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-ˌbattery. Military. †1. a. A counter-attack with artillery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment > counter-bombardment counter-battery1572 1572 W. Malim tr. N. Martinengo True Rep. Famagosta f. 4 And we made a counterbattery against our enemies for 10. dayes space. 1592 H. Unton Corr. (1847) 429 With some few peces of artillerie making counter battery. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 103 The besieged did..make so furious a counter-Battery, as, etc. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iv. 156. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus viii. sig. E3 Faustus hadde begun to prepare for the counterbattery, determining to throw downe vppon the assemblies heads so many heauy charmes and coniurations, that they should fall downe. 2. A battery raised against another. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > battery battery1555 counter-battery1603 swallow's nest1604 field battery1742 radeau1753 guns en barbette1772 half-moon battery1794 sap battery1810 sunken battery1817 screw battery1848 wool-battery1852 masked battery1861 mountain battery1868 machine-gun battery1882 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xx. 41 Provided with a counter-battery of forcible enchantments. 1667 London Gaz. No. 170/2 They raised a battery of five great guns against the Town, which were dismounted by a Counterbattery of seven guns. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 375/1 That the guns..might be..concealed from the view of the enemy in his counter-battery. †3. [counter- prefix 2j] A battering of each other. ΚΠ 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 48 He would never have begun this unhappy counterbattery of inke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1572
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