单词 | bridge equipage |
释义 | > as lemmasbridge equipage bridge equipage n. Military (now chiefly historical) materials and apparatus for constructing a temporary bridge to transport troops and military equipment across a river; esp. boats or pontoons for a floating bridge; a collection or set of this apparatus. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > materials for bridge equipage1796 1796 tr. Napoleon in Evening Mail 23–26 Sept. We have..taken 5000 prisoners, 25 pieces of cannon, all complete, with their caissons, 2 bridge equipages consisting of 32 boats, all in order. 1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. II. xvii. 515 Jourdan, having..procured the necessary bridge equipage, prepared to cross the Rhine. 1995 A. C. Venzon U.S. in First World War 469/1 The bridge equipage was stored along one shore upstream from the crossing site. < as lemmas |
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