| 单词 | galloper-gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgalloper-gun 5. A light field-gun, formerly attached to regiments; also attributive in galloper carriage, galloper-gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > light pieces falcon1496 falconet15.. field piece1544 fowler1548 fielding piece1565 falcon shot1598 field cannon1638 field gun1645 field culverin1659 galloper1746 Napoleon1862 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] stock1496 carriage1562 sea-carriage1669 gun-carriage1769 devil carriage1794 devil-cart1797 sleigh1797 galloper carriage1802 garrison-carriage1872 galloping carriage1883 1746 Rep. Cond. Sir J. Cope 45 Assembled at Sterling with four Cohorns, four ‘Gallopers’, Provisions, &c. 1802 Duke of Wellington Jrnl. in Dispatches (1837) I. 378 I received from General Stuart..information regarding the galloper carriages..I reported to the General..the state of the galloper guns of the regiments. 1803 G. Lake in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 405 As many of the field pieces as could be brought up, with the gallopers attached to the cavalry, formed four different batteries. 1847 M. M. Sherwood Life xxvi. 438 He was now engaged in drawing up six-pound gallopers, and forming a battery. 1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. lv. 280/2 When Tippoo opened a..cannonade from fifteen of his light galloper guns. < as lemmas |
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