close quarter in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "Originally closed quarter (“section or area”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "close quarters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "any of several strong wooden barriers erected across the deck of a merchant sailing ship, having loopholes through which muskets could be fired to resist boarding attacks"
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          "barrier"
        ],
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          "deck",
          "deck"
        ],
        [
          "merchant",
          "merchant"
        ],
        [
          "sailing ship",
          "sailing ship"
        ],
        [
          "loophole",
          "loophole"
        ],
        [
          "musket",
          "musket"
        ],
        [
          "resist",
          "resist"
        ],
        [
          "boarding",
          "boarding"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) any of several strong wooden barriers erected across the deck of a merchant sailing ship, having loopholes through which muskets could be fired to resist boarding attacks"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "close quarters"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkləʊs ˈkwɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "close quarter"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Originally closed quarter (“section or area”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "close quarters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "close quarter (plural close quarters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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      "word": "close quarters"
    }
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        "any of several strong wooden barriers erected across the deck of a merchant sailing ship, having loopholes through which muskets could be fired to resist boarding attacks"
      ],
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          "nautical",
          "nautical"
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          "barrier"
        ],
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          "deck"
        ],
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          "merchant"
        ],
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          "sailing ship"
        ],
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        ],
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          "musket",
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        ],
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          "resist",
          "resist"
        ],
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          "boarding",
          "boarding"
        ],
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          "attack",
          "attack"
        ]
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        "(nautical) any of several strong wooden barriers erected across the deck of a merchant sailing ship, having loopholes through which muskets could be fired to resist boarding attacks"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkləʊs ˈkwɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "close quarter"
}

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"close quarter" meaning in English

Noun

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