† prolongen.

Forms: 1800s prolong (irregular), 1800s prolonge.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prolonge.

Etymology: < French prolonge strap, belt (1349 in Middle French), rope used to manoeuvre cannon (1568) < prolonger prolong v. N.E.D. (1908) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (prolōṅʒ) /prɔlɔ̃ʒ/.

Military. Obsolete.

A rope composed of three pieces joined by two open rings, having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, forming part of the equipment of a gun carriage.

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1829 Syst. Exercise & Instr. Field-artillery (U.S. War Dept.) 20 The gunners uncoil the prolonge.

1850 Ordnance Man. for Use of Officers (U.S. Army Ordnance Dept.) (ed. 2) xii. 344 Lash the piece to the pintle hook, with the prolonge, by passing the ring of the prolonge twice through the handles, (or round the piece in rear of the trunnions).

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 104 One prolonge between the boxes, above the washer box.

1873 L. Wallace Fair God vii. xviii. 565 All recognised a signal of attack, and halted, the slave by his prolong [sic], the knight on his horse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	prolonge
释义	† prolongen. Forms: 1800s prolong (irregular), 1800s prolonge. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prolonge. Etymology: < French prolonge strap, belt (1349 in Middle French), rope used to manoeuvre cannon (1568) < prolonger prolong v. N.E.D. (1908) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (prolōṅʒ) /prɔlɔ̃ʒ/. Military. Obsolete. A rope composed of three pieces joined by two open rings, having a hook at one end and a toggle at the other, forming part of the equipment of a gun carriage. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > rope prolonge1829 1829 Syst. Exercise & Instr. Field-artillery (U.S. War Dept.) 20 The gunners uncoil the prolonge. 1850 Ordnance Man. for Use of Officers (U.S. Army Ordnance Dept.) (ed. 2) xii. 344 Lash the piece to the pintle hook, with the prolonge, by passing the ring of the prolonge twice through the handles, (or round the piece in rear of the trunnions). 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 104 One prolonge between the boxes, above the washer box. 1873 L. Wallace Fair God vii. xviii. 565 All recognised a signal of attack, and halted, the slave by his prolong [sic], the knight on his horse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1829
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