| 单词 | hand shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmashand shell hand shell n. Military (now historical) a hand grenade or other hand-thrown shell. ΚΠ 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 163 They tossed their granadoes or hand shells among us. 1860 Welcome Guest 1 488/2 The missiles hurled at the French Emperor were a species of hand-shells, made of cast steel, lathe-turned, in hemispheres, charged with the fulminate of mercury. 1992 T. E. O'Connor Engineer of Revol. iv. 73 The cast-iron end sleeves of electric cables..were the right size and shape to serve as casings for hand shells. < as lemmas |
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