Crossword clues for close quarters
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Close-fights \Close"-fights`\, n. pl. (Naut.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1753, originally nautical, also close-fights, "bulkheads fore and aft for men to stand behind in close engagements to fire on the enemy," it reflects the confusion of close (v.) and close (adj.); "now understood of proximity, but orig. 'closed' space on ship-board where last stand could be made against boarders" [Weekley]. Compare also closed-minded, a variant of close-minded attested from 1880s, with a sense of "shut" rather than "tight."
Wiktionary
n. 1 (close quarter English) 2 Very near proximity.
Wikipedia
Close Quarters may refer to:
- Close Quarters (Golding), a novel by William Golding
- Close Quarters, a novel by Kenneth Bulmer, writing as Adam Hardy
- Close Quarters, a novel by Jeff Gulvin
- Close Quarters, a novel by Larry Heinemann
- redirect To the Ends of the Earth
Usage examples of "close quarters".
They plied Smerdis' men with arrows and pressed the fight at close quarters with sabers and spears.
It had a big hex-head on it and I scraped my knuckles trying to get a wrench around it and turn it in the close quarters.
You could have shot me at a greater distance, but at close quarters an old human doesn't stand a chance against a Heran.
He had a paralysis beamer, but it was long-barreled and useless at close quarters.
Even a few thousand beings from assorted dimensions in these close quarters produced a blend of body odors that had my stomach doing slow rolls.
Even a few thousand beings from assorted dimensions in these close quarters produced a blend of body odors that had my stomach doing slow rolls .