mitrailladeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

mitraillade (複数形 mitraillades)

1. (まれに, chiefly historical) Mass execution by cannon shot or (later) machine-gun, especially during the French Revolution.
   • 1817, John James M’Gregor, History of the French Revolution, vol. III:

     The fusillades and mitraillades were conducted with the most savage coolness.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 487:

     when Collot d'Herbois and Fouché replaced him, a veritable frenzy of repression occurred, with opponents being gunned down into open graves in the so-called mitraillades.

関連する語

• mitraille
• mitrailleur
• mitrailleuse