fireportとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

IPA: /ˈfaɪərˌpɔːrt/

名詞

fireport (plural fireports)

1. A small opening in the armor or wall of a fortification, vehicle, or ship, designed for firing weapons while providing protection to the shooter.
   • 2001, Joseph H. Alexander, Fleet Operations in a Mobile War: September 1950-June 1951 (U.S. Navy and the Korean War), Naval Historical Center, page 20:

     Ten minutes later the destroyers and cruisers opened fire on the Wolmi-do, their gun crews by now intimately familiar with the island's fireport caves and bunkers.

   • 2015, James R. Holbrook, Michael E. Dunn, Tactical Responses To Concentrated Artillery, Pickle Partners Publishing, page ??:

     Machine guns were the usual weapon placed in the fireport, although direct-fire guns of up to 47-mm were also used.

   • 2025 March 10, Wikipedia contributors, “CAESAR self-propelled howitzer”, in English Wikipedia‎, Wikimedia Foundation:

     They were fitted with cabin armor add-ons, with fireports.