slovo | definícia |
minute gun (encz) | minute gun, n: |
Minute gun (gcide) | Minute \Min"ute\, a.
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or
marking successive minutes.
[1913 Webster]
Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to
give notice of a death or a funeral.
Minute book, a book in which written minutes are entered.
Minute glass, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the
running of sand.
Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute
as a sign of distress or mourning.
Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes
the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes.
[1913 Webster] |
minute gun (wn) | minute gun
n 1: (military) gun that is discharged once every minute
(usually as part of a military funeral) |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
Minute gun (gcide) | Minute \Min"ute\, a.
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or
marking successive minutes.
[1913 Webster]
Minute bell, a bell tolled at intervals of a minute, as to
give notice of a death or a funeral.
Minute book, a book in which written minutes are entered.
Minute glass, a glass measuring a minute or minutes by the
running of sand.
Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated every minute
as a sign of distress or mourning.
Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock, which makes
the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the minutes.
[1913 Webster] |
|