Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolonges
Literary usage of Prolonges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of a Private by Warren Lee Goss (2002)
"... retiring \\ith prolonges. fought with their rammers and handspikes,
exclaiming: "Death on our soil rather than surrender these guns to the rebs! ..."
2. Recollections of a Private by Warren Lee Goss (2002)
"... Battery retiring with prolonges. fought with their rammers and handspikes,
exclaiming: "Death on our soil rather than surrender these guns to the rebs! ..."
3. The Ordnance Manual for the Use of Officers of the United States Army by United States Army. Ordnance Dept (1850)
"40 Men—8 handspikes—1 double prolonge—2 half prolonges, or men's harness. ...
Double the double prolonge, or attach two single prolonges to the axletree; ..."
4. The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries (1908)
"... transported in the heavy wagons (prolonges)24 of the train d'équipage, and by
the bat-mules—the "ambulances"25 (or flying hospitals) in the centre, ..."
5. Service with the French Troops in Africa by Philip Kearny, Mayne Reid (1913)
"... being the barb horse, not the Arab breed of the desert, but nearly equally
valuable in his great qualities of endurance. 24 The "prolonges" of the train ..."
6. The Peach Orchard: Gettysburg, July 2, L863 by John Bigelow (1910)
"Still, prolonges were fixed and we withdrew— the left section keeping Kershaw's
skirmishers back with canister, and the other two sections bowling solid ..."
7. Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1853)
"... jack-screws—20 wheelbarrows, £th for shells—7 hand-barrows—balances for
weighing—10 spare gyn falls —75 double prolonges—75 single prolonges—drag-ropes, ..."
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