| 单词 | portpiece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasportpiece portpiece n. now historical a type of naval cannon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > ship's guns collectively > types of naval gun portpiece1527 fowler1548 port-base1600 perrier1643 carronade1779 Long Tom1812 Dahlgren1861 cow-gun1902 whispering Willie1918 1527 J. Daunce Accts. in Archaeologia (1883) 47 332 For a bumbardell, ij portpeces with iiij. chambers of one sorte, xxxvij. barrelles saltpetre..c. li. 1675 in A. L. Blackmore Armouries Tower of London (1976) 139 Port Peece of 10 Inches Diam. on a Ship Car. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 282/2 There were..in the first period of naval history basilisks, port pieces, stock~fowlers, sakers, and bombards. 1990 P. Kirsch Galleon 54 Smaller stone-firing models were known as portpieces, fowlers and slings... A portpiece was a gun with an internal barrel diameter of 5½in, and a chamber of 3½in. < as lemmas |
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