单词 | gun-portion |
释义 | > as lemmasgun-portion gun-portion n. (see quot. 1876). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements > part between embrasures merlon1704 gun-portion1876 1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Gun Portion, in fortification, is half the merlon on each side of the gun, that is to say, 9 feet on one side of the embrasure and 9 feet on the other. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 44 The gun-portion parties, consisting of as many parties as there are guns, are distributed on their tasks by their respective N.C.O.'s. < as lemmas |
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