单词 | stopsel |
释义 | † stopseln. Obsolete. rare. An incendiary missile, consisting of tow, brimstone, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > incendiary missile fireballc1485 stopsel1489 firework1528 ball?a1549 firepot?a1549 bomb1588 powder pot1611 fire-trunk1639 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxv. K iiij b They muste haue appareylled redy pitche, oyle brymstone and towe to make with all grete stopselles that shal be shoten thykke to the engyns of theyre enemyes tyl that they be sette a fyre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1489 |
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