Schermulyn.

/ˈʃəːmuːliː/

Etymology: < the name of William Schermuly (1857–1929), English inventor.

Used attributively and absol. as proprietary names of apparatus comprising a line-carrying rocket fired from a pistol, used in life-saving at sea.

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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > means of > means of saving life > from ship or drowning

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1922 Life-Boat Feb. 243/1 The Line-Throwing Gun... The two appliances to which chief attention was given were the Coston gun, an American invention..and the Schermuly Portable Rocket Apparatus.

1933 R. B. Chenevix-Trench Jrnl. 28 Sept. in Mariner's Mirror (1979) LXV. 274 One line was fired by a Schermuly pistol.

1947 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 July 443/2 Schermuly... Pyrotechnic articles, cartridges, and apparatus for firing rockets. The Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Limited,..Newdigate, Surrey; Manufacturers.

1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation ix. 111 The Schermuly..are of sealed metal case construction and embody a sealed-in mechanical ignition device.

1973 B. Callison Web of Salvage x. 134 With the Schermuly pistol angled upward and to windward.

1979 P. Ferris Talk to me about Eng. ii. 103 Jarre picked his way aft... Hansen [was] tearing the wrapper from a Schermuly rocket.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	schermuly
释义	Schermulyn. /ˈʃəːmuːliː/ Etymology: < the name of William Schermuly (1857–1929), English inventor. Used attributively and absol. as proprietary names of apparatus comprising a line-carrying rocket fired from a pistol, used in life-saving at sea. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > means of > means of saving life > from ship or drowning plank1608 cradle1839 plug1841 anchor ball1858 breeches-buoy1880 Lyle gun1880 life gun1910 Schermuly1922 1922 Life-Boat Feb. 243/1 The Line-Throwing Gun... The two appliances to which chief attention was given were the Coston gun, an American invention..and the Schermuly Portable Rocket Apparatus. 1933 R. B. Chenevix-Trench Jrnl. 28 Sept. in Mariner's Mirror (1979) LXV. 274 One line was fired by a Schermuly pistol. 1947 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 July 443/2 Schermuly... Pyrotechnic articles, cartridges, and apparatus for firing rockets. The Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Limited,..Newdigate, Surrey; Manufacturers. 1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation ix. 111 The Schermuly..are of sealed metal case construction and embody a sealed-in mechanical ignition device. 1973 B. Callison Web of Salvage x. 134 With the Schermuly pistol angled upward and to windward. 1979 P. Ferris Talk to me about Eng. ii. 103 Jarre picked his way aft... Hansen [was] tearing the wrapper from a Schermuly rocket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1922
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