† pot-piecen.

Forms: see pot n.¹ and piece n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, piece n.

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + piece n. Compare earlier potgun n.Compare also Older Scots potting piece , in the same sense (one isolated attestation; apparently < potting n.² (compare quot. 1613 at sense 3a at that entry) + piece n.):c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 330 Thrie houlkis of Ingland, ladunit with ane cannone ryell, four singill cannounis, ix gross culveringis, four pottin peices.

Scottish. Obsolete.

A gun with a large bore, a mortar; = potgun n. 1.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar

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a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 301 Of the said xxxij thair was mony pot peices.

1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 214 Those peeces of Cannon that are farthest hard, are called pot-peeces or Mortiers.

a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Sc. Affairs (1841) III. 112 With a twelve moneths victwalls, with potte peeces, garnetts, and fyre workes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	pot-piece
释义	† pot-piecen. Forms: see pot n.¹ and piece n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, piece n. Etymology: < pot n.¹ + piece n. Compare earlier potgun n.Compare also Older Scots potting piece , in the same sense (one isolated attestation; apparently < potting n.² (compare quot. 1613 at sense 3a at that entry) + piece n.):c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 330 Thrie houlkis of Ingland, ladunit with ane cannone ryell, four singill cannounis, ix gross culveringis, four pottin peices. Scottish. Obsolete. A gun with a large bore, a mortar; = potgun n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > mortar potgun?1470 mortar1547 mortar-piece1570 pot-piecea1578 bomb1684 coehorn1705 royal1743 royal mortar1867 mortar gun1997 a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 301 Of the said xxxij thair was mony pot peices. 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 214 Those peeces of Cannon that are farthest hard, are called pot-peeces or Mortiers. a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Sc. Affairs (1841) III. 112 With a twelve moneths victwalls, with potte peeces, garnetts, and fyre workes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1578
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