单词 | within cannon-shot |
释义 | > as lemmaswithin cannon-shot 3. The distance a cannon can fire a shot; the range of a cannon. Chiefly in within cannon-shot, out of cannon-shot. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be shot > specific bowshotc1300 bow-draughtc1400 buck-shot1447 flight-shot1455 gun-shot1532 bird bolt shot1570 cannon shot?1571 pistol shot1608 bolt's-shoot1677 rifle shot1803 gun-reach1825 rifle range1830 gun-range1852 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > range of artillery cannon shot?1571 falcon shot1598 ?1571 tr. Lett. from Venice sig. A.ijv Bothe the armies beeing approched within Cannon shot, the syxe greate galeys did breake foorth, and pierced cleane thorough the Turkishe armie. 1580 Sir R. Bingham in Spenser's Wks. (Grosart) I. 463 I entered the harbour..within canon shotte of the fortress. 1643 S. Bulkley Queens return out of Holland 11 Bid them, to lye still, till the ship was gone, or to keep off out of Cannon-shot, or he would shoot at them. 1689 J. M. tr. Hist. Venetian Conquest ii. 38 The Basha of the Morea appear'd in effect, on the 3d. of July, and encamp'd within Cannon-shot of the Christian Army. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3844/4 Out of Cannon-shot of that Town. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. (1804) 327 To approach within cannon-shot. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. ix. 131 Two men were intently occupied in a swale that lay along the borders of a little run, just out of cannon-shot from the encampment. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 140/2 Early one morning, a British squadron appeared to the leeward of her, almost within cannon-shot. 1908 Sunset Mag. Apr. Devel. Sect.: Hotel Rafael Their coverts are scarcely more than a cannon-shot from the forts which guard the Golden Gate. 1978 Indiana (Pa.) Evening-Gaz. 18 July 1/8 The fear of the West Bank under hostile leaders within cannon shot of Tel Aviv. 2014 Times (Nexis) 19 July More than 2,000 sailors died barely a cannon-shot away in cold, Scilly waters after four massive warships wandered off-course and foundered on the rocks. < as lemmas |
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