英语词汇“goat's foot lever”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. A device for levering or lifting thought to resemble the foot of a goat; esp. a device used for drawing a crossbow, consisting of a pair of claws which hook on to the string and a levering mechanism by which the string is drawn back to the nut (nut n.¹ 18a). In later use usually more fully goat's foot lever. Cf. gaffle n. 1. Now chiefly historical.The device for drawing a crossbow was developed in the 14th cent. and usually made wholly of metal, typically steel. In warfare it was frequently used by mounted crossbowmen because it was lighter and easier to operate than most other bow-drawing devices of the period.

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c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxvi. 655 Take here this gotes fote and do you so moche there within to enlarge the lope that ye myghte issue out.

1588 J. Read tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method f. 12^v It is needefull they [sc. broken bones] be drawen foorth of the Artist with that instrument of Iron which commonlie is called pes caprinus, that is the Goates foote [L. quod vulgo caprinus pes dicitur].

1640 H. Hexham Third Part Princ. Art Mil. iii. 6 Because it may some times happen, that..you may be driven to dismount, and remount your peece,..you must carrie along with you a Fearne, a Winch, or a Scalet, with all appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Winding ropes, an yron Goates-foote, with a crowe, pinns, [etc.].

1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour 59 The smaller cross bows were bent with the hand by means of a small steel lever, called the goat's foot, from its being forked on the side that rested on the cross bow and the cord.

1870 C. C. Black tr. A. Demmin Weapons of War i. 58 The Goat's foot crossbow, used by the cavalry.

1903 R. Payne-Gallwey Crossbow xvii. 84 Though not of sufficient strength to bend a thick steel bow, or one such as required a windlass or cranequin, the goat's-foot lever was of considerable power.

1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 14 Apr. The goat's foot that some modern bows have as a cocking lever was used years ago.

2004 J. Bradbury Routledge Compan. Medieval Warfare (2005) xiii. 242/1 Mechanical devices were invented to draw the bow—a pulley, a goat's foot lever (with a cloven end fitting over pins fixed in the stock),..and a cranequin (with a metal ratchet bar and cogs).

单词	goat's foot lever
释义	> as lemmas goat's foot lever 1. A device for levering or lifting thought to resemble the foot of a goat; esp. a device used for drawing a crossbow, consisting of a pair of claws which hook on to the string and a levering mechanism by which the string is drawn back to the nut (nut n.¹ 18a). In later use usually more fully goat's foot lever. Cf. gaffle n. 1. Now chiefly historical.The device for drawing a crossbow was developed in the 14th cent. and usually made wholly of metal, typically steel. In warfare it was frequently used by mounted crossbowmen because it was lighter and easier to operate than most other bow-drawing devices of the period. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow > device for bending crossbow brakec1380 vicea1400 windas1443 tyllole1489 gaffle1497 rack1513 goat's footc1515 bending1530 crick1530 bender1684 garrot1824 moulinet1846 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) clxvi. 655 Take here this gotes fote and do you so moche there within to enlarge the lope that ye myghte issue out. 1588 J. Read tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method f. 12^v It is needefull they [sc. broken bones] be drawen foorth of the Artist with that instrument of Iron which commonlie is called pes caprinus, that is the Goates foote [L. quod vulgo caprinus pes dicitur]. 1640 H. Hexham Third Part Princ. Art Mil. iii. 6 Because it may some times happen, that..you may be driven to dismount, and remount your peece,..you must carrie along with you a Fearne, a Winch, or a Scalet, with all appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Winding ropes, an yron Goates-foote, with a crowe, pinns, [etc.]. 1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour 59 The smaller cross bows were bent with the hand by means of a small steel lever, called the goat's foot, from its being forked on the side that rested on the cross bow and the cord. 1870 C. C. Black tr. A. Demmin Weapons of War i. 58 The Goat's foot crossbow, used by the cavalry. 1903 R. Payne-Gallwey Crossbow xvii. 84 Though not of sufficient strength to bend a thick steel bow, or one such as required a windlass or cranequin, the goat's-foot lever was of considerable power. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 14 Apr. The goat's foot that some modern bows have as a cocking lever was used years ago. 2004 J. Bradbury Routledge Compan. Medieval Warfare (2005) xiii. 242/1 Mechanical devices were invented to draw the bow—a pulley, a goat's foot lever (with a cloven end fitting over pins fixed in the stock),..and a cranequin (with a metal ratchet bar and cogs). extracted from goat's footn. < as lemmas
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