单词 | rapier blade |
释义 | > as lemmasrapier blade rapier blade n. ΚΠ 1577 N. Breton Wks. Young Wyt f. 12 I muste..laie aside my Rapier blade, and take in hande a ditching spade. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 4 Rapier blades being so narrow..do presently breake. 1683 J. S. Present State Eng.: Pts. III & IV xv. 70 Guns, Powder, and Rapier-Blades. 1718 L. Echard Hist. Eng. (new ed.) III. i. iii. 292 Parson Blud with three more came to the Jewel-House, all arm'd with Rapier Blades in their Canes. 1852 H. W. Herbert Knights of Eng., France & Scotl. ii. 160 The weapons of De Laguy were narrow, three-cornered rapier-blades and Italian stilettoes. 1943 F. S. Crafford Jan Smuts v. 144 A mind cool and calculating, keen as a rapier blade. 2006 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 9 Mar. 2 The Salcombe hoard [includes] rapier blades, axe heads and a gold handle. < as lemmas |
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