"camera-mounted drone"?

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Mon Nov 25 21:10:52 UTC 2013


Typical military use is IMHO <(platform)-mounted (weapon)>, as in <tripod
or vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft weapon>. Inverted constructions,
<camera-mounted
drone>, <scope-mounted rifle>, indicate that <mounted> has been
syntactically blended with <equipped>; e.g. <camera-equipped stun guns>,
<machine-gun-equipped 1925 Rolls-Royce>.

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