单词 | mississippi rifle |
释义 | > as lemmasMississippi rifle Mississippi rifle n. U.S. (now historical) a large, muzzle-loading rifle formerly used in Mississippi. ΚΠ 1847 W. H. Richardson Jrnl. 28 Feb. (1928) 77 Our 12-lb. howitzers throwing a constant shower of bombs into the middle of their entrenchments, and the unerring aim of our Mississippi rifles, acting in concert, cast terror and dismay among the cowardly and unprincipled foe. 1874 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada (new ed.) 45 His long Mississippi rifle waved to and fro through the air. 1994 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 81 1242 A Mississippi rifle manufactured in 1855. < as lemmas |
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