单词 | traverse circle |
释义 | > as lemmastraverse circle traverse circle n. (in a gun emplacement, fortification, etc.) a circular or arc-shaped track, along which the carriage or mount of an artillery piece travels as the weapon is turned or rotated laterally on its central pivot; cf. sense 19b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > gun carriage > [noun] > track traverse circle1836 racer1853 1836 Rep. Chief Engineer in Message from President U.S. to Two Houses of Congress No. 8. 192 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (24th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Doc. 1) I The masonry of Fort Columbus is now finished, except..the completion of some traverse circles and pintle beds. 2014 C. B. Mabelitini in C. R. Geier et al. From These Honored Dead xiv. 232 In permanent batteries, the pintle and the traverse circle would have both been fixed in masonry. < as lemmas |
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