Gunnery. A level area, originally on a rampart, constructed for mounting artillery. Now also: a vehicle, esp. an aeroplane, providing a steady…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > firing platform for artillery (4) platform1535 Gunnery. A level area, originally on a rampart, constructed for mounting artillery. Now also: a vehicle, esp. an aeroplane, providing a steady… battery1590 The platform or fortified work, on or within which artillery is mounted (sometimes including the guns or mortars there mounted). terreplein1591 Originally, The talus or sloping bank of earth behind a wall or rampart; hence, the surface of a rampart behind the parapet; and strictly, the level… barbette1823 A platform or mound of earth within a fortification, on which guns are raised so that they can be fired over the parapet. guns en barbette, barbett… |
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