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单词 rabinet
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rabinetn.

Brit. /ˈrabɪnᵻt/, /ˈrabn̩ᵻt/, U.S. /ˈræbənət/
Forms: 1500s rabbinet, 1500s– rabinet, 1600s rabanet, 1600s rabbenet, 1600s rabbenett, 1600s rabinit, 1600s rabnett, 1600s rabonett, 1800s rabonet.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: robinet n.
Etymology: Variant of robinet n.
Now historical.
A type of small cannon (cf. robinet n. 2).J. Smith Sea Gram. (1627) gives the diameter of bore as 1 inch, and the charge as half a pound, but other evidence shows variation.
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1596 J. Harington Apol. sig. Aa4 They made a sore batterie, with Rabbinets, Minions, Sakers, and Demicannons.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 124 Peeces that shoot bullet of waight from seuenteene pound downeward..euen to the Rabinet.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 11 Rabinits to cleare the Decks fore and aft.
1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 78 The Rabanet hath in diameter at the bore one inch and an halfe,..the weight [of the shot] 8 ounces of Iron, and of Lead 12, the weight of the peece 300, the length 5 foot and an halfe, the charge in powder three quarters.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 137/2 The Rabbenett or Rabnett or smeriglio is 300 weight.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Rabinet, a small piece of Ordnance, between a Falconet and a Base.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Cannon Rabinet, which carried a ball of 16 ounces.
1894 C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 220 Falconets, and rabonets.
1976 Burlington Mag. Mar. p. xlviii/2 A pair of Dutch bronze Rabinets by Cornelis Ouderogge.
1998 P. Edwards in J. Kenyon & J. Ohlmeyer Civil Wars vii. 236 In accordance with the contemporary stress on transportability, the smaller more manœuvrable guns of saker size down to the three-quarter-pounder rabinets proved popular.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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