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Dahlgren Now Hist.|ˈdɑːlgrɛn|
[Name of J. A. B. Dahlgren (1809–70), U.S. naval officer.]
In full Dahlgren gun. A cast-iron smoothbore gun invented by Dahlgren in 1856.
1861Times 28 Dec. 6/6 They might..be relying on their new Dahlgren guns. 1862G. B. McClellan Disp. 4 May in T. P. Kettell Hist. Rebellion (1865) 252 The rebels abandoned..four nine-inch Dahlgrens. 1867H. Latham Black & White 86 Each [gunboat] was armed with two 15-inch Dahlgrens. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) s.v., The Dahlgren 11-inch was once a formidable gun on the seas. 1910Sat. Even. Post 30 July 27/3 They're big fellows—those Dahlgrens and Columbiads. |