HILT, the handle of a sword.
HINGES, are two iron bands, with a joint, nailed to the doors or lockers of gun carriages to fasten them and move them backwards and forwards.
HINGUET, Fr. See Ginguet.
HIPPODROME, Fr. a French term derived from the Greek, signifying a spot where horses used to run, properly speaking a race-ground. The Hippodrome or course at Constantinople was much celebrated in ancient days. The spot still exists under that name.
HIRCARRAH, or HIRCARRA, an Indian term for a messenger, guide, footman, or spy.
HISTORY, a narration or description of the several transactions, or events of a state, king, or private person, in the order in which they happened.
Military History, a narrative of military transactions, campaigns, battles, sieges, marches, &c. of an army: likewise a relation of the heroic actions of great generals, &c.
HIVERNER, Fr. a sea phrase among the French signifying to winter.
HOCHEBOS, Fr. certain soldiers among the ancients, who were so called from their brandishing the pike. This word has likewise been applied to the pike itself.
HOGSHEADS, filled with earth, sand, &c. are sometimes used in lieu of gabions, to cover men.