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Citadel
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
- A fortified safe room on a vessel to take shelter in the event of pirate attack. previously, a fortified room to protect ammunition and machinery from damage.
- A fortress or castle in or near a city, intended to keep the inhabitants in subjugation, or, in case of a siege, to supply a final refuge.
- A fortified work of superior strength, and dominating everything else, generally separated therefrom by an open space of glacis or esplanade; often useful against domestic as well as foreign enemies.
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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.
Everything, английский
Inhabitant, английский
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Lugsail, английский
- A four-sided fore-and-aft sail supported by a spar along the top that is fixed to the mast at a point some distance from the center of the spar. see lugger.
- A quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail tied to and hoisted from a yard, usually suspended about onethird of the way along its length.
Lateen sail or latin-rig, английский
A fore-and-aft triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle to the mast.
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