单词 | position artillery |
释义 | > as lemmasposition artillery position artillery n. now rare heavy field artillery; cf. gun of position n. at gun n. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > heavy piece > collectively Roaring Meg1617 position artillery1867 big stuff1883 1867 Times 17 Apr. 7/3 The shore..shelves so rapidly that large ships could approach within short range and clear the coast of all defenders who should oppose the landing, supported only by field or position artillery. 1898 E. A. Campbell (title) Lectures on Position Artillery. 1942 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 14 366 The heavy guns, once located on the field of battle, might properly be called position-artillery. < as lemmas |
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