单词 | curricle-builder |
释义 | > as lemmascurricle-builder curricle-builder; attributive, as curricle artillery, curricle fire-engine, curricle gun (= mounted on a light two-wheeled carriage for rapid movement). ΚΠ 1786 H. Croft Abbey of Kilkhampton 107 Coach-builders, curricle-builders. 1802 Naval Chron. 8 173 Brass guns on curricle carriages. 1807 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 2 126 Two pieces of curricle artillery. 1878–81 E. Matheson Aid Bk. Engin. Enterprise (1889) 579 Curricle fire-engines..may be advantageously fitted with shafts for one horse. < as lemmas |
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