| 单词 | double-barrel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble-barrel 7. The metal tube of a gun, through which the bullet or shot is discharged. Hence in single-barrel, double-barrel, etc., of the whole weapon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > barrel firing barrel1370 ratch1575 barrel1644 ratcheta1650 gun-barrel1747 spout1879 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xi. 99 Take the barrell of a long gunne perfectly bored. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4140/3 We also took 10 Pieces of Cannon, 8 whereof were treble Barrels. 1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar iv. 96 The long tin barrel of a painted gun. double-barrel double-barrel adj. = double-banked adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [adjective] > by type of barrel(s) long-barrelled1678 double-barrelled1709 double-barrel1807 twist-barrelled1858 1807 Z. M. Pike Jrnl. 8 Apr. in Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 240 Visited the treasurer, who showed me the double-barrel gun given by governor Clairborne. 1829 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) I. 313 A double-barrel gun. double-barrel double-barrel v. to make ‘double-barrelled’.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xii. 49 He double-barrelled his name, (as many poor Snobs do) and instead of T. Sniffle,..came out,..as Rev. T. D'Arcy Sniffle. double-barrel double-barrel n. (a) a double-barrelled gun; (b) a hyphenated surname (cf. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > surname > hyphenated double-barrel1811 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > others full bore1622 spingard1671 ordered armsa1689 double-barrel1811 smooth-bore1812 stern-chaser1835 shunt1864 shunt (rifled) gun1864 sidelocka1865 firer1885 slide action1921 Mike-Mike1969 multicalibre1986 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 556 Double-barrels..miss their mark. 1952 A. Powell Buyer's Market iii. 178 The double-barrel..has really no basis whatever, beyond the surname of a remote ancestor. < as lemmas |
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