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Carbine, or carabine
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
A fire-arm of less length and weight than a musket, originally carrying a smaller ball, though latterly, for the convenience of the supply of ammunition, throwing the same bullet as the musket, though with a smaller charge. it has been proper to mounted troops since about a.d. 1556, and has been preferred to the musket as a weapon for the tops of ships as well as boats.
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Carabineer, английский
One who uses the carbine.
Carabiner, английский
Metal rings with spring-loaded gates, used as connectors. also known as crab or biner (pronounced beaner).
Originally, английский
Первоначально
Convenience, английский
Удобство
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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Carcass of a ship, английский
The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the planks are
Carbin, английский
A name in our northern isles for the basking shark.
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