fanalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪnəl/

名詞

fanal (複数形 fanals)

1. (obsolete) A lighthouse
2. (obsolete) The beacon inside a lighthouse

   Synonym: lantern

   • 1764 January 20, Tobias Smollett, “Letter, XIV”, in Travels Through France and Italy‎^[1], published 1766:

     On the right hand, as you enter the port, there is an elegant fanal, or lighthouse, kept in good repair: but in all the charts of this coast which I have seen, this lanthorn is laid down to the westward of the harbour; […]

   • 1811, Wilhelm Müller, The elements of the science of war, page 487:

     In order to assemble our full force in due time, fanals should be erected […] and kindled in such a manner as to direct the movements of the troops to any point according to an order.

参照

• “fanal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• NAFAL