dane gunn.
/ˈdeɪn ɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈdeɪn ˌɡən/, South African English /ˈdeɪn ɡʌn/, West African English /ˈden ˌɡɔn/ West African and South African.
Any of several kinds of primitive firearms, originally introduced by Danish traders.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms
long gun1530
currier1558
crabut1626
long arm1675
bullet-guna1701
hand cannon1752
wall-gun1812
walking-stick gun1823
shoulder gun1824
safety gun1825
gas gun1856
self-cocker1857
bolt action1871
snap action gun1875
saddle gun1886
multibarrel1899
dane gun1900
clip-loader1901
pump-action1923
sleeve gun1944
laser gun1961
phaser1966
magnum1970
1900 Daily News 25 Sept. 8/3 In the village were found 300 Dane guns, 40 rifles, three Martini-Henry carbines.
1901 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 3/4 Three Ashantis, armed with their long dane guns.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 384/2 Every man or boy who could wield a spear or hold a dane gun.
1935 Geogr. Jrnl. 85 126 The dance that followed was accompanied by the firing of dane-guns.
1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xv. 103 The native with his Dane gun, or Tower musket.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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