单词 | artillery garden |
释义 | > as lemmasartillery garden artillery garden n. now historical a practice ground for artillery; spec. that located in Spitalfields in London used by the Artillery Company. ΚΠ 1581 Ordinance P.R.O.: SP 12/147 f. 196 The said place comonly called the Artillerie garden was of purpose given by the prince of famouse memorie Kinge Henry the eight to thoffice of Thordinance for the trayning vse and practize of Gonners. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. §9. 419 Vacant houres cannot better be spent then in the Artillery Garden. 1851 N. B. Craig Hist. Pittsburgh 195 Near the garrison on the Allegheny bank, were formerly what were called the king's artillery gardens. 2006 R. B. Manning Apprenticeship in Arms i. vi. 144 Another artillery garden was located in St Martin's Fields. < as lemmas |
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