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Limber
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
In artillery, the two-wheeled carriage to which the trail of a field gun-carriage is attached for travel.—limber-boxes are the chests fitted above the axle-tree of the limber for ammunition.— limber up! is the command so to raise and attach.
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Ammunition, английский
- Боеприпасы
- This word had an infinite variety of meanings. it includes every description of warlike stores, comprehending not only the ordnance, but the powder, balls, bullets, cartridges, and equipments.—ammunition bread, that which is for the supply of armies or garrisons.—ammunition chest, a box placed abaft near the stern or in the tops of men-of-war, to contain ammunition, for the arms therein placed, in readiness for immediate action.—ammunition shoes, those made for soldiers and sailors, and particularly for use by those frequenting the magazine, being soft and free from metal.—ammunition waggon, a close cart for conveying military effects.—ammunition wife, a name applied to women of doubtful character.
- The explosive and propellant components of military projectiles, including bullets, bombs, cartridges, fuses, grenades, mines, missiles, powder, primers, pyrotechnics, rockets, shot, shrapnel, and the like.
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Limber boards or plates, английский
Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship`s floor, close to the keelson, and immediately above the limbers. they are occasionally removed to clear them of any rubbish by which they may be clogged, so as to interrupt the passage of water to the pump-well.
Lignu, английский
Vit?. guaiacum officinale. a west indian tree, of the wood of which sheaves of blocks are made. it was allowed to be imported free of all duties.
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