To cover (the touchhole of a cannon) with the thumb; cf. thumb-stall, n. d (Funk's Stand. Dict., 1895.)
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > insert plug in vent (2) thumb1768 To cover (the touchhole of a cannon) with the thumb; cf. thumb-stall, n. d (Funk's Stand. Dict., 1895.) bouche1782 transitive. To insert into (a cannon) the metal plug in which the vent is drilled: see bouche, n.2, bush, n.3 |
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