| 单词 | fire-barrel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire-barrel fire-barrel n. Military (now historical) an incendiary device consisting of a cylindrical container filled with flammable materials and set alight. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > other equipment firing barrel1370 fire-barrela1450 lanyard1825 a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 6122 They caste abrode many fyr barel, So that..The castel become on a fyr al. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4082/3 Throwing down Fire-Barrels. 1757 J. Muller Treat. Artillery viii. 300 At the main and fore chains on each side is a wooden funnel fixed over a fire barrel, and comes through a scuttle in the deck up to the shrouds to give fire to them. 1825 J. Cutbush Syst. of Pyrotechny 508 The fire-barrels for this purpose are cylindrical. 1971 Mariner's Mirror 57 219 The firebarrels contained double-dipped reeds tamped in place with a mixture of 30 lb corned powder, 121 lb Swedish pitch, 6 lb salt peter, 3 lb tallow. < as lemmas |
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