| 单词 |
schanse |
| 释义 |
‖ schanse, n. S. Afr.|skans|
Also schanze, schantze, schans, schanz, skans.
[Du. schans (Cape Du. skans) = G. schanze. Cf. sconce.]
A heap or breastwork of stones used as a protection against rifle fire.
1880Times 18 Oct. 4/3 Some of these paths are..barred by lines of schanzes, or stone barricades. 1885J. Nixon Complete Story Transvaal xi. 200 They found the Boers intrenched in a series of schanses (stone⁓works, breast high), along the northern ridge of the valley. 1894B. Mitford Renshaw Fanning's Quest xxii. 177 Lucky, I took the precaution of building a schanz,—eh? 1896St. James's Gaz. 10 Jan. 4/1 Wherever there was a decent lot of rocks and schantzes..to hide behind. 1899G. H. Russell Under the Sjambok ii. 25 The ruined kraals and schanses were the abodes of innumerable serpents. 1900Daily News 15 Jan. 5/5 The first line of schanzes, or stone breastworks,..were promptly occupied by the Boer sharpshooters. 1929D. Reitz Commando ix. 75 We were sustaining heavy casualties from the English schans immediately in front of us. 1969J. Selby Boer War 15 Boers digging defense works and building stone schanzes. 1974in J. Branford Dict. S. Afr. English (1978) 218/1 The British thought the Boers would be hiding behind these skanses or heaps of stone.
Hence schanze v. trans., to fortify or protect with a schanse or schanses. rare.
1901Contemp. Rev. Dec. 888 The English had schanzed the long ridge for a long distance. |
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