| 单词 |
armourer |
| 释义 |
armourer|ˈɑːmərə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 armurer, 5 -erer, 5–9 -orer, 7– -ourer.
[a. AFr. armurer, OF. -urier, -eurier, f. armeüre armour n.: see -er1.]
1. A maker of armour; in mod. use, a manufacturer of arms.
c1400Destr. Troy v. 1588 Armurers & Arowsmythis. c1450Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 19 Yff hit stoode that no wer ware, loste were the craffte of Armoreres. 1598Stow Surv. (ed. Strype 1754) II. v. xii. 296/1 The society or company of the Armourers. a1744Pope (J.) When arm'rers temper in the ford The keen-edg'd pole-ax. 1825T. Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 98 Such weapons as they could find in armorers' shops. 1859Tennyson Enid 283 At this the armourer..Came forward with the helmet yet in hand.
2. One who equipped men-at-arms in their mail. Also fig. Obs. exc. Hist.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1649 Faste the Armurers also With fyle and hamer prikynge to and fro. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. Cho. 12 The Armourers accomplishing the Knights. 1606― Ant. & Cl. iv. iv. 7 Thou art The Armourer of my heart. 1605Camden Rem. 190 His armorer put on his backe-peece before, and his breast-plate behinde.
3. An official who has charge of the arms of a ship, regiment, etc.
1753in Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1758J. Blake Mar. Syst. 23 Armourers and sail-makers shall be entered..among the crews. 1835Sir J. Ross N.-W. Passage iii. 53 The engineers and armourers were still employed on the engine. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 148 The Serjeant-Armourer is responsible that the Portable Forge and Chest of Tools be kept in a serviceable state.
¶ By confusion for armure, armour n.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. vi. 51 Ne blode yshed by egre hate ne hadde nat deied ȝit armurers. |
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