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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Passkugel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fasˈku.la/
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: fas‧ku‧la
Noun
faskula f
- (historical, military) a cannonball whose diameter is the same as the muzzle's
1888, Henryk Sienkiewicz, chapter 19, in Potop, volume 3:Szańce, ile ich było, zadymiły naraz, ziemia drżała w posadach; leciały postaremu na dach kościelny ciężkie faskule i bomby i granaty i pochodnie w rury oprawne, lejące deszcz roztopionego ołowiu i pochodnie bez oprawy i sznury i szmaty.- All the intrenchments began to smoke simultaneously, the earth trembled in its foundations; as of old there flew on the roof of the church heavy balls, bombs, grenades, and torches fixed in cylinders, pouring a rain of melted lead, and naked torches, knots and ropes.
1928 January 22, Jerzy Bohdan Rychliński, “Allah akbar”, in Kurjer warszawski:Potknął się był o wielką faskulę, która snać się nie zajęła.- He'd tripped over a huge cannonball, which apparently hadn't ignited.
1929, Julian Ginsbert, Od koronek do płyt pancernych:W tejże chwili faskula wystrzelona z „Hectora” trafia w balustradę pomostu, zrywa ją, poczem bezsilna koziołkuje do stóp barona.- Right at that moment a cannonball shot from the Hector hits the guardrail of the bridge, tears it off, then helplessly tumbles to the Baron's feet.
Declension
Further reading
- faskula in Polish dictionaries at PWN