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1 grapeshot
grape-shot
1> _воен. _ист. крупная картечь
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to fire grape-shot on the enemy, to pepper the enemy
with grape-shot стрелять картечью по противнику, осыпать
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3 grapeshot
Schrotkugel, SchrotkugelmusterDeutsch-Russische Wörterbuch der Redewendungen mit Adjektiven und Partizipien > grapeshot
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['greɪpʃɔt]сущ.; воен.; ист. -
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7 the whiff of grape-shot
"несколько залпов" ( использование артиллерии против народа) [выражение создано Т. Карлейлем; см. цитату]The whiff of grape-shot can, if needful, become a blast and tempest. (Th. Carlyle, ‘The French Revolution’, part I, book V, ch. 3) — Несколько залпов в случае необходимости могут превратиться в ураган огня.
...the young general Bonaparte's pounding of the Paris mob to pieces in 1795 called in playful approval by our respectable classes "the whiff of grapeshot"... (B. Shaw, ‘Major Barbara’, ‘Preface’) —...молодой генерал Бонапарт в 1795 году приказал стрелять из пушек в народ на улицах Парижа, и в знак шутливого одобрения наши высшие классы говорили об этом расстреле, как о "нескольких залпах"...
Don't be silly, Daddy. You're always saying we could have kept India with a few whiffs of grapeshot or something. (B. Davidson, ‘Golden Horn’, ch. 11) — Не глупи, папа, ты же всегда говорил, что мы могли бы сохранить Индию, стоило только немного пострелять.
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8 grape
grape [greɪp] n1) виногра́д ( о плодах обыкн. pl); гроздь виногра́да2) (the grape) разг. вино́4) = grapeshot◊sour grapes, the grapes are sour «зе́лен виногра́д»
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9 canister-shot
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10 case-shot
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11 grape
[greɪp]сущ.1)а) виноградинаб) ( grapes) виноградwine grape — технический, винный виноград
Syn:4) = grapeshot
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Grapeshot — is a type of anti personnel ammunition used in cannons. Instead of solid shot, a mass of loosely packed metal slugs is loaded into a canvas bag. Grapeshot can also be improvised from chainlinks, shards of glass, rocks, etc. When assembled, the… … Wikipedia
Grapeshot — Grape shot , n. (Mil.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grapeshot — also grape shot, 1747, from GRAPE (Cf. grape) + SHOT (Cf. shot) (n.). So called for its appearance. The whiff of grapeshot popularized in English from 1837, from Carlyle s history of the French Revolution (in which it was a chapter title) … Etymology dictionary
grapeshot — ► NOUN historical ▪ ammunition consisting of a number of small iron balls fired together from a cannon … English terms dictionary
grapeshot — [grāp′shät΄] n. a cluster of small iron balls, formerly fired from a cannon … English World dictionary
grapeshot — /grayp shot /, n. a cluster of small cast iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon. [1740 50; GRAPE + SHOT1] * * * ▪ weaponry cannon charge consisting of small round balls, usually of lead or iron, and used primarily as an… … Universalium
grapeshot — noun A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were … Wiktionary
grapeshot — noun Date: 1745 an antipersonnel weapon consisting of a cluster of small iron balls shot from a cannon … New Collegiate Dictionary
grapeshot — Synonyms and related words: ball, bar shot, bird shot, buckshot, bullet, cannon shot, cannonball, case shot, crossbar shot, duck shot, dumdum bullet, expanding bullet, grape, langrel shot, manstopping bullet, pellet, rifle ball, round shot, shell … Moby Thesaurus
grapeshot — n. cluster of small iron balls formerly used as cannon shot … English contemporary dictionary
grapeshot — noun historical ammunition consisting of a number of small iron balls fired together from a cannon … English new terms dictionary