Definition of Recoils

1. Noun. (plural of recoil) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recoils

1. recoil [v] - See also: recoil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recoils

recoheres
recohering
recoil
recoil atom
recoil wave
recoiled
recoiler
recoilers
recoiling
recoilingly
recoilless
recoilless rifle
recoilless rifles
recoilment
recoilments
recoils (current term)
recoin
recoinage
recoinages
recoined
recoining
recoinings
recoins
recollapse
recollapsed
recollapses
recollapsing
recollar
recollared
recollaring

Literary usage of Recoils

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 1815, Waterloo by Henry Houssaye (1905)
"Dispositions for the final attack.—Strengthening of the English II.—Assault of the plateau of Mont Saint-Jean by the Middle Guard. III.—"The Guard recoils! ..."

2. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"CHAPTER XXIV THE SECOND PUNIC WAR—Continued Hannibal, after Cannae, is joined by Italian towns—Enters Campania, recoils from Naples, but is joined by ..."

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