Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cylinder of wood or brass with a recess in the end fitting the end of the fuse, used with a fuse-mallet in driving wooden fuses into shells when loading.
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Of a gun-detachment there are two men who cannot do their work accurately in gas-helmets -- one of these is the layer and the other is the fuse-setter.
The Glory of the Trenches Coningsby Dawson 1921
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