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单词 steel bow
释义

steel bown.1

Forms: Also steel-bow.
Etymology: bow n.1
Obsolete.
1. ? A stirrup.
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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.
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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.
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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.

Derivatives

ˈsteelbowman n. Obsolete a crossbowman.
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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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