The fore gun-deck holding the bow-guns; (hence) a discharge of shot from these (rare). Cf. chase, n.1 6. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ164427 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > an artillery shot > at sea (3) prow1600 The fore gun-deck holding the bow-guns; (hence) a discharge of shot from these (rare). Cf. chase, n.1 6. Obsolete. a shot between wind and water1695 Phrases. (a) a shot between wind and water, also slang (cf. shoot, v. 30d). (b) like a shot (colloquial): at once, with rapidity. Also, without… water-liner1898 a shot that hits a vessel on the waterline. |
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