| 单词 | to establish a bracket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto establish a bracket b. transferred. The (specified) distance between a pair of shots fired, one beyond the target and one short of it, in order to find the range for artillery; chiefly in the phrase to establish a bracket. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > an artillery shot > patterns of shot or ranging shot pattern1859 bracket1899 brace-shot1914 straddle1915 ladder1922 1899 Daily News 6 Dec. 5/7 At first I fire at 3100 yards, and if I find that my shot is short I fire a second round, say at 3300, in order to go beyond the object. If I see that my shot does go over I am satisfied that I have established what is called ‘a long bracket’, that is to say, I have found two ranges, 200 yards apart, between which the object must lie... I..fire another shot to shorten the distance within which I can then know that the target must be. This we call, on the same principle as the other, ‘a short bracket’. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 42 The German gun had got its bracket. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 476/2 The shell passed over the ship, to be followed by a second one which fell short, establishing a ‘bracket’, which..is all that a gunner desires. < as lemmas |
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