"woolen head covering," especially worn by soldiers, evidently named for village near Sebastopol, Russia, site of a battle Oct. 25, 1854, in the Crimean War. But the term (originally Balaclava helmet) does not appear before 1881 and seems to have come into widespread use in the Boer War. The British troops suffered from the cold in the Crimean War, and the usage might be a remembrance of that conflict. The town name (Balaklava) often is said to be from Turkish, but is perhaps folk-etymologized from a Greek original Palakion.
双语例句
1. To him all this strongly smelled of the Battle of Balaclava.
在他看来,这一切真使人不由想起巴拉克拉瓦战役.
来自辞典例句
2. Iris Thompson lives in Balaclava , high in the central mountains of western Jamaica.
