单词 | parachute light-ball |
释义 | > as lemmasparachute light-ball parachute light-ball n. Military (now rare) an explosive device containing a parachute light. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > bomb > aerial > dropped by parachute parachute light-ball1868 landmine1940 1868 C. B. Norton & W. J. Valentine Rep. to Govt. U.S. on Munitions of War at Paris Universal Exhib. 1867 192 A parachute light-ball..if it only burns for a few minutes, does not reveal the position of those using it. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 869/1 This shell [sc. the Star shell]..takes the place of the older types of illuminating shell, viz. the ground light ball and the parachute light ball. < as lemmas |
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