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‖ roer|rʊə(r)|
[Du. roer, ad. G. rohr (OHG. rôr), gun-barrel, pipe, reed. So Da. rør, Sw. rör.]
A long-barrelled gun used by the Boers of S. Africa in hunting large game.
1834Pringle Afr. Sk. 88 Bold Arend! come help with your long-barrelled roer. 1850R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 17/1 He was a keen hunter, and himself and household subsisted, in a great measure, by the proceeds of his long single-barrelled ‘roer’. 1899Rider Haggard Swallow xvi, All were well armed with ‘roers’ or other guns. |