| 单词 | ball cartridge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasball cartridge ball cartridge n. a gun or pistol cartridge containing a ball or bullet; (as a mass noun) ammunition of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > cartridge > type of cartridge ball cartridge1768 blank-cartridge1826 wire cartridge1829 Schultze cartridge1885 centre-fire1889 blank1896 1768 B. Cuthbertson Syst. Compl. Managem. Battalion of Infantry 139 The Ball Cartridges should be made by the Pioniers, under the direction of the Quarter-master-serjeant, at the rate of forty five to a pint of powder. 1803 C. Abbot Diary Aug. in Diary & Corr. (1861) I. 451 A quantity of pikes, of ball-cartridges and of combustibles. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xviii. 237 The captain..ordered the marines to load with ball-cartridge. 1896 Geogr. Jrnl. 7 174 I..put in a ball-cartridge, and placed the gun behind a rock and fired it. 1945 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 10 Dec. 7/1 The standard caliber .39 Army cartridge is called a ball cartridge, yet the bullet itself is an elongated streamlined cylinder. 2004 St. Louis Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Nov. 1 Winchester is one of the world's leading suppliers of M855 ammunition, a 5.56-millimeter ball cartridge used by the U.S. military. < as lemmas |
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