rafalen.

Brit.

/rəˈfal/, U.S.

/rəˈfæl/

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

Etymology: < French rafale series of bursts of gunfire (1874), specific use of rafale gust of wind (1640), further origin uncertain and disputed: see Trésor de la langue française at rafale and Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at raff-.

Chiefly Military.

A series of bursts of gunfire; (also) a drum roll. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > burst of gunfire > series of

rafale1903

1903 P. de B. Radcliffe tr. G. Rouquerol Tactical Employment Quick-firing Field Artillery ii. i. 33 To obtain the instantaneous effect, to produce that which he [sc. General Langlois] vividly termed the rafale, or shell-storm, he conceived a special device which he called ‘échelon fire’.

1914 Sphere 3 Oct. 8/1 The second diagram shows a ‘rafale’, or ‘shell-storm’. This is the method practised by batteries of French artillery to prevent the advance of infantry.

1922 Public Opinion 28 July 85/1 If I had a few private batteries I should fire a private rafale in honour of the best book of the year.

1928 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 69/1 This was delivered with a slobbering roll of ‘r's’ like a rafale of water-logged kettle-drums.

1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xii. 137 Now the staccato ear-splitting rafale of cheering rowels them afresh.

1993 B. I. Gudmundsson On Artillery vi. 96 The rear slope location also increased the chances that they would be able to catch the advancing Germans by surprise—with a rafale (hail of bullets) striking them in the flanks or rear.

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

单词	rafale
释义	rafalen. Brit. /rəˈfal/, U.S. /rəˈfæl/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French rafale. Etymology: < French rafale series of bursts of gunfire (1874), specific use of rafale gust of wind (1640), further origin uncertain and disputed: see Trésor de la langue française at rafale and Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at raff-. Chiefly Military. A series of bursts of gunfire; (also) a drum roll. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > burst of gunfire > series of rafale1903 1903 P. de B. Radcliffe tr. G. Rouquerol Tactical Employment Quick-firing Field Artillery ii. i. 33 To obtain the instantaneous effect, to produce that which he [sc. General Langlois] vividly termed the rafale, or shell-storm, he conceived a special device which he called ‘échelon fire’. 1914 Sphere 3 Oct. 8/1 The second diagram shows a ‘rafale’, or ‘shell-storm’. This is the method practised by batteries of French artillery to prevent the advance of infantry. 1922 Public Opinion 28 July 85/1 If I had a few private batteries I should fire a private rafale in honour of the best book of the year. 1928 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 69/1 This was delivered with a slobbering roll of ‘r's’ like a rafale of water-logged kettle-drums. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xii. 137 Now the staccato ear-splitting rafale of cheering rowels them afresh. 1993 B. I. Gudmundsson On Artillery vi. 96 The rear slope location also increased the chances that they would be able to catch the advancing Germans by surprise—with a rafale (hail of bullets) striking them in the flanks or rear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903
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