| 单词 | net-cutter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnet-cutter net-cutter n. Navy a device mounted on the bow of a submarine to cut through anti-submarine nets; (also) a similar device on a torpedo. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > torpedo-net cutter net-cutter1896 1896 G. E. Armstrong Torpedoes & Torpedo-vessels vi. 92 The most successful ‘net cutter’ yet invented is that of Rear-Admiral Wilson. The construction of the Wilson net cutter is very properly kept a profound secret. 1910 Blackwood's Mag. June 894/1 Leaks in the net-cutter glands sometimes drowned the explosives. 1999 J. P. Mallmann Showell German Navy Handbk. 1939–45 156 Before the war the majority of U-boats had their numbers painted on conning towers, and usually there were also bronze number plates on the bows, which can be seen in this picture as a black rectangle below the net cutter. < as lemmas |
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