iron bombn.

Brit.

/ˌʌɪən ˈbɒm/, U.S.

/ˌaɪ(ə)rn ˈbɑm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron adj., bomb n.

Etymology: < iron adj. + bomb n. In sense 1 perhaps after French bombe de fer (1706 or earlier).

1. A thick-walled iron container used to hold material for chemical or physical experimentation at high pressure (cf. bomb n. Additions). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > vessel with contents at high pressure

iron bomb1747

pressure vessel1915

1747 B. Martin Philosophia Britannica I. 26 From computing the Force necessary to burst an Iron Bomb an Inch thick, it appeared that this Force was about equal to 1340 Atmospheres.

1889 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 4th Ser. 2 6 In the first series of experiments the 9 mm. tube was employed, and in the second series the iron bomb.

1931 C. E. Munroe & J. E. Tiffany Physical Testing Explosives 109 A stout iron bomb was used to hold the sand in which the detonator was imbedded and fired.

1968 Carbon 6 681 When graphite ferric chloride is prepared in an iron bomb, FeCl₂ is also present in the structure.

2. Originally: an explosive bomb with an iron casing. Later: (Military) a conventional air-dropped bomb, as opposed to a smart bomb or a nuclear bomb.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > other bombs

iron bomb1759

suicide bomb1889

crump1914

radio bomb1914

marmite1915

pineapple bomb1916

pineapple1918

germ bomb1921

stick-bomb1928

bomblet1937

breadbasket1940

flash bomb1940

blockbuster1942

butterfly bomb1942

screamer1942

plastic bomb1944

napalm bomb1945

mail bomb1972

blast bomb1976

1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IV. 485 These iron bombs and halberds, charged with powder, which they darted, were what the Mungls dreaded most.

1802 Anti-Jacobin Rev. 11 App. 496 Two hundred thousand iron bombs, grenadoes, and bullets; beside a variety of other weapons of offence, ammunition, &c.

1894 Appletons' Ann. Cycl. 1893 697/1 On Nov. 7, 2 large iron bombs of the kind used by Latorre were thrown from the gallery of the Liceo Theatre in Barcelona.

1960 Amer. Hist. Rev. 66 11 The old-fashioned bomber squadrons that droned back and forth across the English Channel year after year dropping what the air force now contemptuously calls ‘iron bombs’.

1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger Prologue 19 It was little known that a smart-bomb is generally a mere iron bomb with the guidance equipment bolted on.

2003 Sci. Amer. Feb. 58/1 The conventional wisdom before the 1990–91 Persian Gulf War was that six iron bombs—about the entire load of a typical strike fighter—were required to destroy a particular target.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	iron bomb
释义	iron bombn. Brit. /ˌʌɪən ˈbɒm/, U.S. /ˌaɪ(ə)rn ˈbɑm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: iron adj., bomb n. Etymology: < iron adj. + bomb n. In sense 1 perhaps after French bombe de fer (1706 or earlier). 1. A thick-walled iron container used to hold material for chemical or physical experimentation at high pressure (cf. bomb n. Additions). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > vessel with contents at high pressure iron bomb1747 pressure vessel1915 1747 B. Martin Philosophia Britannica I. 26 From computing the Force necessary to burst an Iron Bomb an Inch thick, it appeared that this Force was about equal to 1340 Atmospheres. 1889 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 4th Ser. 2 6 In the first series of experiments the 9 mm. tube was employed, and in the second series the iron bomb. 1931 C. E. Munroe & J. E. Tiffany Physical Testing Explosives 109 A stout iron bomb was used to hold the sand in which the detonator was imbedded and fired. 1968 Carbon 6 681 When graphite ferric chloride is prepared in an iron bomb, FeCl₂ is also present in the structure. 2. Originally: an explosive bomb with an iron casing. Later: (Military) a conventional air-dropped bomb, as opposed to a smart bomb or a nuclear bomb. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > other bombs iron bomb1759 suicide bomb1889 crump1914 radio bomb1914 marmite1915 pineapple bomb1916 pineapple1918 germ bomb1921 stick-bomb1928 bomblet1937 breadbasket1940 flash bomb1940 blockbuster1942 butterfly bomb1942 screamer1942 plastic bomb1944 napalm bomb1945 mail bomb1972 blast bomb1976 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IV. 485 These iron bombs and halberds, charged with powder, which they darted, were what the Mungls dreaded most. 1802 Anti-Jacobin Rev. 11 App. 496 Two hundred thousand iron bombs, grenadoes, and bullets; beside a variety of other weapons of offence, ammunition, &c. 1894 Appletons' Ann. Cycl. 1893 697/1 On Nov. 7, 2 large iron bombs of the kind used by Latorre were thrown from the gallery of the Liceo Theatre in Barcelona. 1960 Amer. Hist. Rev. 66 11 The old-fashioned bomber squadrons that droned back and forth across the English Channel year after year dropping what the air force now contemptuously calls ‘iron bombs’. 1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger Prologue 19 It was little known that a smart-bomb is generally a mere iron bomb with the guidance equipment bolted on. 2003 Sci. Amer. Feb. 58/1 The conventional wisdom before the 1990–91 Persian Gulf War was that six iron bombs—about the entire load of a typical strike fighter—were required to destroy a particular target. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1747
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