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Lyle gun|laɪl gʌn|
[Named from its inventor D. A. Lyle (d. 1937) of the U.S. Ordnance Dept.]
A cannon, invented in 1877, designed to project a rope from the shore to a stranded ship to facilitate salvaging and rescue operations.
1880Ann. Rep. U.S. Life-Saving Service 109 The keeper..then proceeded to charge the Lyle gun. 1899Ibid. 471 The sample submitted is designed for use with the 2½-inch Lyle gun. 1911Encycl. Brit. XV. 606/2 The keeper fires a line over the wreck with the Lyle gun, a small bronze cannon..having an extreme range of about 700 yards. 1927G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 106/2 Lyle gun, a life-saving gun designed to shoot a projectile with a line attached. This line..establishes a connection with a stranded ship by which an endless line and tail block is hauled off and afterwards a hawser. 1944H. Norby Questions & Answers vi. 128 No part of Lyle gun equipment is to be used for any other purpose. |