minenwerfern.

Brit.

/ˈmiːnənˌvɛːfə/,

/ˈmiːnənˌwəːfə/, U.S.

/ˈminənˌwərfər/

Forms: 1900s– minen werfer, 1900s– minen-werfer, 1900s– minenwerfer, 1900s– miniewurfer, 1900s– minnenwerfer, 1900s– minniewerfer, 1900s– minniewhuffer.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Minenwerfer.

Etymology: < German Minenwerfer (1914) < Minen- , combining form of Mine mine n. + Werfer thrower, mortar ( < werfen to throw (see warp v.) + -er -er suffix¹). Compare French minenwerfer (1918), and slightly later mine-thrower n.In forms minniewerfer and minniewhuffer, after Minnie n.²

Military. Now historical.

A kind of trench mortar first used by German forces in the First World War (1914–18); (also, occasionally) the projectile fired by this mortar. Cf. mine-thrower n., Minnie n.²

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar > trench mortar

trench mortar1871

minenwerfer1914

mine-thrower1914

Minnie1915

Stokes1915

toc emma1916

T.M.1925

Moaning Minnie1944

1914 Times 6 Nov. 9/5 In this quarter we experienced for the first time in the northern theatre of war the action of the Minen werfer, or trench mortar.

1915 Illustr. London News 13 Feb. 204/2 The Germans..had actually provided..themselves with mortars of this description, the so-called minen-werfer—mine-throwers.

1916 F. M. Ford Let. Aug. (1965) 68 The Germans seem to have nothing but minenwerfers.

1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 101 He retaliated..along the line of seven-inch minenwerfers.

1957 H. Williamson Golden Virgin ii. v. 240 This was Minnie corner—the minenwerfer wobbling up into the air, the dreaded oil-drums filled with ammonal turning over and over, falling..thump, on the chalk..then in a vast flash everything blown flat and sideways.

1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting ii. 140 The smaller, minnenwerfer bombs were different, they could just be spotted, sailing down like crows through the blue sky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minenwerfer
释义	minenwerfern. Brit. /ˈmiːnənˌvɛːfə/, /ˈmiːnənˌwəːfə/, U.S. /ˈminənˌwərfər/ Forms: 1900s– minen werfer, 1900s– minen-werfer, 1900s– minenwerfer, 1900s– miniewurfer, 1900s– minnenwerfer, 1900s– minniewerfer, 1900s– minniewhuffer. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Minenwerfer. Etymology: < German Minenwerfer (1914) < Minen- , combining form of Mine mine n. + Werfer thrower, mortar ( < werfen to throw (see warp v.) + -er -er suffix¹). Compare French minenwerfer (1918), and slightly later mine-thrower n.In forms minniewerfer and minniewhuffer, after Minnie n.² Military. Now historical. A kind of trench mortar first used by German forces in the First World War (1914–18); (also, occasionally) the projectile fired by this mortar. Cf. mine-thrower n., Minnie n.² ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar > trench mortar trench mortar1871 minenwerfer1914 mine-thrower1914 Minnie1915 Stokes1915 toc emma1916 T.M.1925 Moaning Minnie1944 1914 Times 6 Nov. 9/5 In this quarter we experienced for the first time in the northern theatre of war the action of the Minen werfer, or trench mortar. 1915 Illustr. London News 13 Feb. 204/2 The Germans..had actually provided..themselves with mortars of this description, the so-called minen-werfer—mine-throwers. 1916 F. M. Ford Let. Aug. (1965) 68 The Germans seem to have nothing but minenwerfers. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 101 He retaliated..along the line of seven-inch minenwerfers. 1957 H. Williamson Golden Virgin ii. v. 240 This was Minnie corner—the minenwerfer wobbling up into the air, the dreaded oil-drums filled with ammonal turning over and over, falling..thump, on the chalk..then in a vast flash everything blown flat and sideways. 1971 S. Hill Strange Meeting ii. 140 The smaller, minnenwerfer bombs were different, they could just be spotted, sailing down like crows through the blue sky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1914
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