| 单词 | mortar vessel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmortar vessel mortar vessel n. now historical a kind of gunboat armed with mortars. ΚΠ 1813 R. Wilson Let. 10 July (1861) I. App. There are also several mortar-vessels, but the powder has been cut of such different strengths and altogether so weak, that the fire will be tardy and not very effective. 1855 in Russian War, 1855: Black Sea Official Corr. (Navy Rec. Soc.) (1945) 223 Your mortar-vessels might be tried for this service. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 III. 419/2 At the bombardment of Sveaborg he had command of a division of the gunboats and mortar vessels. < as lemmas |
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