单词 | pommelion |
释义 | pommelionn. Now historical. = pommel n.1 2e. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > knob on breech of cannon cascabel1639 pommel1639 cascabel deck1669 pommelion1769 grape1864 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Breeching The..cascabel of the gun..sailors call the pomiglion, or pummelion. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 232 It is formed with a cunt-splice in the middle, which passes over the pomiglion, or cascabel, of the gun. 1837 G. G. Macdougall tr. W. A. Graah E. Coast Greenland 74 The entire length of the gun, from muzzle to pommillion, was sixtyfive inches and a half. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) ii. 63 The bow-chaser, neatly slung by its train-loops, side-loops, pommelion and muzzle, floated gently over the Sophie's fo'c'sle. 1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days ii. 38 The seizing of the mid-breeching to the pommelion..told a knowing eye a great deal about the gun-crew. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769 |
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