■ noun a movable air-raid shelter, shaped like a table and used indoors during the Second World War.
Origin
named after Herbert S. Morrison , UK Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Home Security 1940–5.
■ noun a movable air-raid shelter, shaped like a table and used indoors during the Second World War.
Origin
named after Herbert S. Morrison , UK Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Home Security 1940–5.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004