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BAYONETTING
BAYONET
bayonet
(verb) stab or kill someone with a bayonet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
bayonetting
(British) present participle of bayonet
Noun
bayonetting (plural bayonettings)
A stabbing with a bayonet.
Overlap of fracture fragments in a longbone fracture resulting in shortening of the extremity.
Source: Wiktionary
BAYONET
Bay"o*net, n. Etym: [F. bayonnette, baĂŻonnette; -- so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.
Note: Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
2. (Mach.)
Definition: A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. Bayonet clutch. See Clutch.
– Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight.
Bay"o*net, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bayoneted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bayoneting.]
1. To stab with a bayonet.
2. To compel or drive by the bayonet. To bayonet us into submission. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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