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gun-stock|ˈgʌnstɒk|
The wooden stock or support to which the barrel of a gun is attached; † a rest or support on which to place a cannon on board ship.
1495–7Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 246 Also payed in lykewith to John Keyte for xx. Elmyn tres price the pece xijd..of hym so bought & apon makyng of Gonne stokkes for Gonnes belongyng to the seid ship. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Vaqueta..a gunne stocke. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Walnut Tree, The Timber is..used for Gunstocks, Coach-wheels, and the bodies of Coaches. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. v. 179 The Commodore ordered..a swivel gun-stock to be fixed in the bow both of the barge and pinnace. 1835Greener Gun 144 Walnut has for many years been considered the most handsome and the best wood for gun-stocks. 1899Blackw. Mag. Aug. 175/1 The least tap on a gun-stock was carried a great distance.
Comb.1689Ann. Albany (1850) II. 112 Jan Nack, trader and gunstockmaker.
Hence ˈgun-stocker, one who fits the stocks of guns to the barrels; ˈgun-stocking, the fitting of gun-stocks.
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