单词 | steel bow |
释义 | † steel bown.1 Obsolete. 1. ? A stirrup. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > stirrup stirrupc1000 steel bowc1275 iron1662 saddle iron1772 shovel-stirrup1883 oxbow stirrup1907 oxbow1942 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11926 Arður stop a stel boȝe and leop an his blancke. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 778 Ilk a hathill to hors hiȝis him be-lyue, Stridis into stele-bowe, stertis apon loft. 2. A bow made of steel; a crossbow. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > crossbow arbalesta1100 arbalestrea1387 crossbow1432 pellock bow1537 latch1547 piece1590 stock-bow1598 steel bow1607 balister1679 arcubalist1774 oblest1780 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xx. 23 Yf he fle the yron weapens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 4v Iron bowes, and style bowes, haue bene of longe tyme, and also nowe are vsed among the Turkes.] 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. Ev Yonder the Traitor marcheth with a steele bowe. [sic] Bent on his Souereigne, and his kingdomes peace. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 304 Steel Bows, and Shafts their arms Of equal dread in flight, or in pursuit. View more context for this quotation 3. A part of a lathe. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > lathe > [noun] > other parts of lathe steel bow1680 shear1812 dog plate1834 wheel-plate1859 turning-gauge1877 spur centre1881 tail-pin1887 cat-head1940 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiv. 236 There is a strong Steel Bow..fastned about its middle part to the further side of the Puppet... And to the ends of this Steel Bow is fastned a strong String of Gut. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > crossbowman arbalestrierc1300 arbalester1330 balistrier1440 oblester1487 balister1489 arbalesta1500 crossbowmanc1500 crossbow?c1510 arcubalister1577 steelbowman1585 crossbower1590 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 484/1 Balistarij,..the crossebow or steelebowmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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