Gunnery. A small cannon or mortar; (later) esp. such a weapon used on a warship to repel enemies attempting to board (see quot. 1704). Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > small or short pieces (29) murderer1495 Gunnery. A small cannon or mortar; (later) esp. such a weapon used on a warship to repel enemies attempting to board (see quot. 1704). Now historical. curtala1509 A kind of cannon with a comparatively short barrel, in use in the 16th and 17th centuries. The demi-curtall or half curtall, and double curtall… minion1513 A kind of small culverin or cannon. More fully minion gun, minion piece. Now historical. passe-volant1513 A type of small cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries; = base, n.5 Obsolete. pikmoyane1513 as postmodifier: designating a type of small culverin. saker1521 An old form of cannon smaller than a demi-culverin, formerly much employed in sieges and on ships. base1539 The smallest kind of cannon used in the 16–17th centuries (see quot. 1692). Also attributive. robinet1547 A kind of small cannon. Cf. rabinet, n. historical in later use. quarter cannon?a1549 Military. With the name of a piece of ordnance: designating a small size of the item specified, as quarter cannon, quarter-culverin, quarter-slang… bersec1550 A small species of ordnance, formerly often used at sea. = base, n.5 murdresarc1550 = murderer, n. 3. rare. yetling1558 A small cast iron cannon. Obsolete. battardc1565 = bastard, n., or culverin bastard, a small cannon. Similarly battard-falcon, a kind of cannon. demi-cannon1577 A kind of large gun formerly used, of about 6½ inches bore: see cannon, n.1 1. calabass1578 A small kind of gun. double curtal1582 An obsolete musical instrument, a kind of bassoon; also an organ stop of similar quality of tone; also double curtal. demi-culverin1587 A kind of cannon formerly in use, of about 4½ inches bore. rabinet1596 A type of small cannon (cf. robinet, n. 2). murdering piece1601 = murderer, n. 3. Also figurative. drake1627 Name of a species of ordnance; a small sort of cannon. Obsolete exc. Historical. putter1646 A small cannon or petard. Cf. putterling, n. cartow1650 A kind of cannon, also called a quarter-cannon, which threw a ball of a quarter of a hundred-weight. See also carthoun, n. putterlingc1650 Probably: = putter, n.3, or a smaller form of it. minion drakea1661 a kind of small cannon. cut1672 Gunnery. A short cannon of any calibre. under-saker1678 A small variety of cannon. murther1688 A piece of ordnance; (perhaps) = murderer, n. 3, mortar, n.1 4. carronade1779 A short piece of ordnance, usually of large calibre, having a chamber for the powder like a mortar: chiefly used on shipboard. carthoun1849 A kind of cannon, also called a quarter-cannon; recent writers identify it (apparently through some error) with the cannon-royal. See also cartow, n.… |
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