GR translation: upended shell cases

[David Morris]

Probably you are correct.  But I think that would typically be called a
“crate” not a “case.”

On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 12:50 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V10.20-23, P10.36-39   With a clattering of chairs, upended shell cases,
> benches, and ottomans, Pirate’s mob gather at the shores of the great
> refectory table, a southern island well across a tropic or two from chill
> Corydon Throsp’s mediaeval fantasies, . . .
>
> Here "shell cases" refers to wooden cases used to hold artillery shells, is
> that correct?
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