radeaun.

Brit.

/ˈradəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈrædoʊ/

Inflections: Plural radeaus, radeaux.

Forms: 1700s radeaux (singular), 1700s– radeau.

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

Etymology: < French radeau large raft (1477 in Middle French) < Old Occitan radel (first half of the 13th cent.) < rat (first half of the 13th cent.; < classical Latin ratis raft: see ratite adj.) + -el -el suffix². Compare post-classical Latin radellus (13th cent.) and Middle French radelle (1355).

Now historical.

A large raft; (Military) a floating artillery unit.

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

battery1555

counter-battery1603

swallow's nest1604

field battery1742

radeau1753

guns en barbette1772

half-moon battery1794

sap battery1810

sunken battery1817

screw battery1848

wool-battery1852

masked battery1861

mountain battery1868

machine-gun battery1882

1753 R. Rolt Mem. Life J. Lindesay iii. i. 215 A detachment of grenadiers was transported upon radeaux to support the irregulars.

1759 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 44/1 A great radeau 84 feet in length and 20 in breadth which carried six twenty-four pounders.

1777 T. Anburey Let. 27 Feb. in Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) I. 169 We have raised upon the Lakes..a curious vessel called a Radeaux..she is intended to convey the heavy artillery across the Lakes.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 354 The building of a large raft, or radeau, to carry some heavy artillery.

1801 Sir H. Parker 6 Apr. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) IV. 319 I reconnoitred the formidable line of ships, Radeaus, Pontoons [etc.].

1850 W. G. Simms Lily & Totem xxiii. ii. 373 Their radeau could not contend against the current.

1938 R. Maestri New Orleans City Guide 52 Radeaux were used by the settlers of the upper Mississippi Valley as the principal means of transporting hides, corn, wheat livestock, lumber, and whisky.

1962 A. Valentine Lord George Germain xiv. 202 They pushed and dragged their big guns aboard large flat-bottomed rafts called radeaux.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Sept. d2 The seven-sided floating gun battery, called a radeau, is distinctly reminiscent of a turtle's shape.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	radeau
释义	radeaun. Brit. /ˈradəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrædoʊ/ Inflections: Plural radeaus, radeaux. Forms: 1700s radeaux (singular), 1700s– radeau. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French radeau. Etymology: < French radeau large raft (1477 in Middle French) < Old Occitan radel (first half of the 13th cent.) < rat (first half of the 13th cent.; < classical Latin ratis raft: see ratite adj.) + -el -el suffix². Compare post-classical Latin radellus (13th cent.) and Middle French radelle (1355). Now historical. A large raft; (Military) a floating artillery unit. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > battery battery1555 counter-battery1603 swallow's nest1604 field battery1742 radeau1753 guns en barbette1772 half-moon battery1794 sap battery1810 sunken battery1817 screw battery1848 wool-battery1852 masked battery1861 mountain battery1868 machine-gun battery1882 1753 R. Rolt Mem. Life J. Lindesay iii. i. 215 A detachment of grenadiers was transported upon radeaux to support the irregulars. 1759 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 44/1 A great radeau 84 feet in length and 20 in breadth which carried six twenty-four pounders. 1777 T. Anburey Let. 27 Feb. in Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) I. 169 We have raised upon the Lakes..a curious vessel called a Radeaux..she is intended to convey the heavy artillery across the Lakes. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 354 The building of a large raft, or radeau, to carry some heavy artillery. 1801 Sir H. Parker 6 Apr. in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) IV. 319 I reconnoitred the formidable line of ships, Radeaus, Pontoons [etc.]. 1850 W. G. Simms Lily & Totem xxiii. ii. 373 Their radeau could not contend against the current. 1938 R. Maestri New Orleans City Guide 52 Radeaux were used by the settlers of the upper Mississippi Valley as the principal means of transporting hides, corn, wheat livestock, lumber, and whisky. 1962 A. Valentine Lord George Germain xiv. 202 They pushed and dragged their big guns aboard large flat-bottomed rafts called radeaux. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Sept. d2 The seven-sided floating gun battery, called a radeau, is distinctly reminiscent of a turtle's shape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753
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