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单词 fire-trunk
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fire-trunk
fire-trunk n. Obsolete (a) an incendiary projectile for hurling at an enemy, consisting of a container filled with explosive powder and a burning wick (cf. trunk n. 11); (b) Nautical a shaft on a fireship (fireship n.) to guide flames upwards to the decks and the rigging (cf. trunk n. 10).
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1639 J. Cruso tr. Sieur Du Praissac Art of Warre 154 To make a fire trunk [Fr. une lance à feu]. Take a piece of light wood..bore it through..with a hole of an inch in diameter..; place at the one end an half pike... To charge the trunk, put a charge of beaten powder in the bottome [etc.].
1676 T. Binning Light to Art of Gunnery xxxvii. 169 Fire-Trunks..may be used in the same manner, or they may be heaved by a Mans hand.
1780 Falconer's Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Sausisson, the trough..which communicates the flame from the train to the fire-trunks or powder-barrels in a fire-ship.
1890 R. C. Leslie Old Sea Wings 325 Fire-trunks were wooden funnels placed under the shrouds of a fire-ship to carry the flames to the masts and rigging.
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