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armilla

/ahr-mil-uh/US // ɑrˈmɪl ə //

犰狳,盔甲,臂章,臂膀

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ar·mil·lae [ahr-mil-ee, -mil-ahy], /ɑrˈmɪl i, -ˈmɪl aɪ/, ar·mil·las.

    • : armill.

Examples

  • By the Romans it was called armilla, brachiale, occabus; and in the middle ages bauga, armispatha.

  • The first was an equinoctial, the second a solstitial armilla.

  • Unfortunately no account could be obtained of the circumstances under which the Slateford Armilla was discovered.

  • A brass armilla tolomæi was one of the instruments supplied to Martin Frobisher in 1576, price £4, 6s.

  • The procession moved slowly forward, and paused at the village of Armilla, at the distance of half a league from the city.