Artillery pieces
Definition
An archaic plural form for artillery pieces or, in a rare literary sense, an obsolete collective term designating the firearms (cannons) used by an army. It can also represent an early historical or regional variant associated with the logistics of heavy batteries prior to modern military vocabulary standardization.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Artillery pieces
- Ordnance
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, archaic plural structural variation. |
| Formation | Early inflectional variant emerging during the adaptation of the French neologism 'artillerie' into 19th-century Romanian. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ar.ti.ˈle.re] |
| Source | Lexicon of Archaic Linguistic Models and Historical Word Inflexions |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În inventarul vechi al armatei figurau câteva artilere grele cumpărate de domnitor din atelierele din străinătate.
EN: In the old army inventory, there were several heavy artillery pieces bought by the ruling prince from foreign workshops.
RO: Comandantul a ordonat așezarea acelor artilere pe dealul cel mai înalt pentru a acoperi flancul vulnerabil al infanteriei.
EN: The commander ordered the placement of those artillery pieces on the highest hill to cover the vulnerable flank of the infantry.
RO: Documentul descrie cum aceste artilere vechi de fontă au crăpat din cauza utilizării prafului de pușcă de proastă calitate.
EN: The document describes how these old cast iron artillery pieces cracked due to the use of poor quality gunpowder.
Idioms & Phrases
Artilere de cetate / Garrison artillery / fortress ordnance
RO: Guri de foc grele, fixe, montate permanent pe bastioanele unei fortărețe pentru apărarea împotriva asediilor.
EN: Heavy, fixed firearms permanently mounted on the bastions of a fortress for defense against sieges.
Manevră de artilere / Ordnance maneuver / artillery positioning
RO: Procesul anevoios de tractare și poziționare a vechilor tunuri pe câmpul de luptă folosind cai sau forța soldaților.
EN: The arduous process of towing and positioning old cannons on the battlefield using horses or soldier power.
Baterie de artilere / Artillery battery units
RO: Grupare istorică de mai multe piese de tragere așezate în linie pentru a obține o salvă destructivă concentrată.
EN: A historical grouping of several firing pieces placed in a line to achieve a concentrated destructive salvo.
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