| 单词 | at cock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (also on) cock P4. at (also on) cock: with the cock (sense A. 17) of a firearm lifted to the position from which it can be moved by pulling the trigger; in a cocked position. Cf. full cock n. 1, half-cock n. 2. [After at (also on) full cock at full cock n. 1, at (also on) half cock at half-cock n. 2.] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adverb] > cocked at (also on) full cock1744 half-cock1745 at (also on) cock1833 1812 Statesman 29 Jan. A youth..having gone out with a fowling-piece, with the intention of shooting a crow, had carelessly allowed the piece to remain on cock. 1833 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 95 Off he went, Like fowling-piece at cock! 1899 Country Life Illustr. 16 Sept. 333/1 I took off the leather, put the big gun on cock, and drew the boat up to within about ninety yards of the fowl. 1900 Forest & Stream 9 Nov. 849/2 Hubert can think while he lives upon the carelessness of carrying a gun at cock through the brush, especially with a companion near him. 1920 C. W. Sawyer Our Rifles 157 The trigger works perfectly, whether either hammer is cocked or both are at cock at once; in this latter case the right hammer always falls first. 2007 D. Hadoke Vintage Guns for Mod. Shot 127/1 One distinct advantage of the hammer gun is the clear indication that a gun is ‘safe’ by the visual checking of whether the hammers are at ‘cock’ or at rest. < as lemmas |
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