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单词 rifle cannon
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rifle cannon
a. attributive and appositive, with the sense ‘cut with a set of rifles’ (sense 1), as rifle cannon, rifle carbine, rifle groove, rifle musket, rifle piece, rifle pistol, etc. See also rifle gun n.
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rifle gun1685
rifle1756
rifle piece1780
rifle musket1841
rifle carbine1859
bundook1886
hipe1914
1780 J. Burgoyne Suppl. State Exped. from Canada 12 The enemy, convinced of this truth, place their dependence in entrenchments and rifle-pieces.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 205 In other parts are receptacles,..occasionally for a rifle piece.
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 11/2 By means of the rifle-grooves in the barrel.
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 11/2 The number of spiral channels in a rifle-musket has varied at different times.
1859 Regulations for Musketry Instr. Army 93 The recruits are to be handed over for rifle-carbine training.
1861 E. Cowell Jrnl. 14 May in M. W. Disher Cowells in Amer. (1934) 347 The steamer, Pawnee was moored in front of the city, yesterday, with her guns (rifle cannon) and mortars so commanding it.
1876 G. B. Goode Classif. Coll. Illustr. Animal Resources U.S. 27 Rifle-muskets, Rifle-carbines.
1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxix. 317 I arose and drew an elegant rifle pistol on him.
1921 Navy Yearbk. 25 Two breech-loading rifle cannon of the larger calibers.
1982 G. McWhiney & P. D. Jamieson Attack & Die (1984) ii. v. 62 The new cavalry regiments were armed with sabers, rifle-carbines, and Colt's navy revolvers.
1997 C. Frazier Cold Mountain (2000) 56 He was deeply engaged in cleaning his fingernails with the nipple pick to a rifle musket.
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