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ˈgun-metal
1. A bronze formerly much used for cannon; now, a common term for alloys of copper and tin (or zinc).
1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 7 §1 No person..should..conuey anie brasse..laten, bell metall, gun metall, ne shroffe metal into..partes beyonde the sea. 1693T. Povey in Phil. Trans. XVII. 736 About 20l. of Lead is usually put into 100l. of Pot-metal; but about 6l. is sufficient to put into 100l. of Gun-metal. 1776Adam Smith W.N. iv. viii. (1869) II. 240 The exportation of unmanufactured brass, of what is called gun-metal, bell-metal, and shroff-metal, still continues to be prohibited. 1824Tredgold Ess. Cast Iron 114 A cast bar of the alloy of copper and tin commonly called gunmetal. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sci., Chem. 492 Gun-metal is an alloy of eleven parts tin and one hundred of copper. 1858Greener Gunnery 61 Gun metal, technically so called, is a compound of copper and tin, in the proportion of five, eight, and ten pounds of the latter to 100 pounds of the former. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss. s.v., Aich's metal and some other gun-metals contain zinc and iron but no tin. 1887D. A. Low Machine Draw. (1892) 80 Alloys consisting of copper and tin are called bronze or gun-metal.
attrib.1879Man. Artil. Exerc. 168 Attach the gun⁓metal plates to it by screws supplied.
2. A colour resembling that of gun-metal, a dull bluish-grey.
1905Daily Chron. 12 July 6/7 Gun-metal coloured taffeta. 1923Daily Mail 8 Oct. 1/2 In Gun Metal, Shoe Grey and Black. 1931Daily Tel. 21 May 6/3 A train of gun-metal chiffon. 1952C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil's Aeneid ii. 42 Its angrily-rearing head, its gun-metal neck. |