Bayonet

Word BAYONET
Character 7
Hyphenation bay o net
Pronunciations /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)nɛt/

Definitions and meanings of "Bayonet"

What do we mean by bayonet?

A blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close combat. noun

To prod, stab, or kill with this weapon. transitive verb

To stab with a bayonet; compel or drive by the bayonet.

A short flat dagger. noun

A dagger or short stabbing instrument of steel for infantry soldiers, made to be attached to the muzzle of a gun. noun

In machinery, a pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to connect and disconnect parts of the machinery. See bayonet-clutch. noun

To stab with a bayonet. transitive verb

To compel or drive by the bayonet. transitive verb

A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense. noun

A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. noun

See Clutch. noun

A form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. noun

A coupling mechanism for attaching removable lenses to the body of a camera, using a bayonet socket. noun

A coupling mechanism for attaching matching cylindrical parts to each other, where each of which has an arced L-shaped slot with the longer side perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder, such that the slots slide inside each other. There is also usually a knoblike projection on the mount so that when the two parts to be connected are fully inserted in proper alignment, they are locked in place. It is designed for rapid coupling and decoupling, requiring the turning of one part through only a small arc, in place of a screw-type arrangement, which requires several full turns. noun

A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired. noun

A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. noun

To stab with a bayonet. verb

To compel or drive by the bayonet. verb

A knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon noun

Stab or kill someone with a bayonet verb

A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.

A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

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The word "bayonet" in example sentences

Another remark by an officer deserves, I think, to be noted here, namely, that the bayonet is a good weapon, but its use must be taught. ❋ Unknown (1885)

He added, clearly the issue bayonet is also a no-no - you could have someone's eye out with that. ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

And with the rise of the curtain Jimmy O'Shea had stepped on to the boards; for no man who knew him could ever hear the word bayonet without recalling him, if only for a second. ❋ Unknown (1912)

"boys" who can hand a tree or start a raft over a fall, throttle a bear, or pole a barge down the rapids, and in whose hands a musket and bayonet is no more than a toasting-fork. ❋ Unknown (1861)

I have an original IWW poster from WWI, "A bayonet is a killing tool with a worker at either end.", teriffic graphics, that really needs to show up on Antiques Roadshow some day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

How a bayonet from a German trench held up a placard with those magic words of good cheer that ever move the world -- "A Merry ❋ Unknown (1900)

Rarely is a charge with the bayonet made in the course of a war, though the bayonet is the most terrible of weapons. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I had the sword bayonet I have told you about; and when the landlord got back, we sat talking in my study until nearly midnight. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the same instant, I saw that a fluctuating glimmer of violet light outlined the metal of the gun-barrels and the blade of the sword bayonet, making them seem like faint shapes of glimmering light, floating unsupported where the tabletop should have shown solid. ❋ Unknown (2007)

However, I led the way, holding my candle high, and keeping the sword bayonet very handy. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mr. Ulyanov down the hall reminds us that the bayonet is a tool of state with a worker on each end. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Harper used the hilt of his sword bayonet, the dull clang echoing forlorn in the fetid blackness. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

Harper unclipped his sword bayonet, cleaned the blade on the jacket of a French corpse, then quickly ran his hands over the man's pockets and pouches. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

They used their weapons again, scraping away at the edges of a big flagstone to work down between the slab and its neighbours, and Harper found a place where a chip the size of his little finger was missing from the stone's edge, and he delved down there, working the sword bayonet into the foundations. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

A man kicked Sharpe in the face, Cooper caught the boot and raked his sword bayonet up the man's leg. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

The longest blade he had ever used in a fight was a sword bayonet, but that experience had not trained him to fight with a sabre and especially not against a butcher's blade like the heavy cavalry sword that Sharpe held. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

One Frenchman did not see Sharpe's men and ran onto Perkins's sword bayonet and stayed there until the boy pulled the trigger to blow the man off the long blade with a gout of blood. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

His seven-barrelled gun was slung on his back and in his hand was his rifle with its twenty-three-inch sword bayonet reddened to its brass handle. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

Harper used his sword bayonet and, because that was a shorter blade than Sharpe's sword, worked farther up the steps. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (2003)

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