单词 | cupola-ship |
释义 | > as lemmascupola-ship cupola-ship n. (see 3). cupola-ship 3. An armour-plated revolving dome to protect mounted guns on an iron-clad ship; a turret. Hence cupola-ship, cupola vessel. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > gun-turret citadel1860 cupola1862 turret1862 tower1889 1862 Ann. Reg. 100 He had caused experiments to be made with Captain Coles's cupola. 1862 Ann. Reg. 106 A cupola vessel to carry great guns. 1873 Brit. Q. Rev. Jan. We refer to the construction and trial [in 1861] of the first ‘cupola’, or ‘shield’, intended to protect guns mounted, with the shield, on a revolving turn-table. < as lemmas |
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