单词 | cannon-mouth |
释义 | > as lemmascannon-mouth cannon-mouth n. (a) the mouth of a cannon (sense 1a); †(b) the mouthpiece of a horse's cannon-bit (obsolete). ΚΠ 1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance f. 33v At Cannon mouthe, then laye doune idell Rimes, And win the reste, by death and losse of blood. 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. lxxx. (caption) A plain round or Canon Mouth and only joynted in ye Middle, to make a kind of Liberty for the Tongue. 1726 N. B. Farrier's & Horseman's Dict. 64 Bit-mouths are of different Sorts: some are Single-canon mouths, and some have Canon-mouths with an upset or mounting Liberty. 1805 T. Boardman Dict. Vet. Art at Bitt Of the bitts in use, besides the snaffel, or small watering bitt, there is the cannon-mouth jointed in the middle, which always preserves a horse's mouth. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxiii. 351 And distant salutation past From the loud cannon mouth. 1962 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 18 Aug. 14/3 The ramrod slammed from the cannon mouth, inflicting a minor arm injury on Stanton. 2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Mag.) 64 He parted the seaweed and found himself staring into a cannon-mouth. It was a 17th-century ship. < as lemmas |
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