armilla
/ahr-mil-uh/US // ɑrˈmɪl ə //
犰狳,盔甲,臂章,臂膀
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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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.
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