单词 | cannonery |
释义 | † cannoneryn. Obsolete. rare. A loophole (loophole n.1 1a) in a fortified chamber used to house cannon; (perhaps also) such a chamber. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > military position > [noun] > gun-site cannonery1598 emplacement1811 firing-place1879 fire position1889 machine-gun post1915 gun-site1943 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements > embrasure kernel?c1225 cornelc1300 carnelc1320 cornerc1400 vent1429 loop1477 crenel1481 gun-hole1532 spike1577 cannonery1598 spike-hole1598 casemate1611 porthole1637 skitegate1677 embrasure1702 crenelet1860 port1946 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. ii. 130 Make the Cannoneries that they may shoot from aboue. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Casamatta, a casamat, a canonrie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1598 |
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