英语词汇“breast wall”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

breast wall n. a breastwork (in various senses; see breastwork n.); (also) a retaining wall.In quot. eOE the compound is probably to be interpreted as ‘a wall that protects the breast’ or ‘a wall that is breast-high’.

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eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 104 Propugnacula, breostweal.

1685 Poole's Annot. Holy Bible II. sig. Pp That 20 Cubit space, which was cut off from the Chambers, and the five cubits space before them by a breast Wall, as some think.

a1741 C. Fiennes Through Eng. on Side Saddle (1888) 90 Water..does often flow y^e grounds after Raines, so the Road is secured w^th a banck and a breast wall of a good Length.

1832 J. Renwick Elements Mech. vi. vii. 444 The water spouting from the top of the breast wall may injure the lock.

1939 S. Toy Castles (1985) 204 The embrasures..had a breast wall about 3 ft. high; through these apertures arrows were shot and missiles hurled at the attacking forces.

2017 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 79 264/1 The wave overtopping occurs when the wave reaches the breast wall of the structures and passes over it.

单词	breast wall
释义	> as lemmas breast wall breast wall n. a breastwork (in various senses; see breastwork n.); (also) a retaining wall.In quot. eOE the compound is probably to be interpreted as ‘a wall that protects the breast’ or ‘a wall that is breast-high’. ΚΠ eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 104 Propugnacula, breostweal. 1685 Poole's Annot. Holy Bible II. sig. Pp That 20 Cubit space, which was cut off from the Chambers, and the five cubits space before them by a breast Wall, as some think. a1741 C. Fiennes Through Eng. on Side Saddle (1888) 90 Water..does often flow y^e grounds after Raines, so the Road is secured w^th a banck and a breast wall of a good Length. 1832 J. Renwick Elements Mech. vi. vii. 444 The water spouting from the top of the breast wall may injure the lock. 1939 S. Toy Castles (1985) 204 The embrasures..had a breast wall about 3 ft. high; through these apertures arrows were shot and missiles hurled at the attacking forces. 2017 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 79 264/1 The wave overtopping occurs when the wave reaches the breast wall of the structures and passes over it. extracted from breastn. < as lemmas
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