单词 | organ gun |
释义 | > as lemmasorgan gun organ gun n. now historical and rare a firearm having several charged chambers set side by side like organ pipes; cf. sense 6. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > firearm resembling organ-pipes organ gun?1470 organ1495 organ pipe1539 ?1470 Inventory in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 435 Item, iiij gonnes lying in ij stokkes callid orgon gonnes, wyth ix chambirs. 1883 Daily News 19 Sept. 3/3 After passing between two fine old ‘organ guns’, cannons with half-a-dozen or more barrels. 1931 V. Lefebure Sci. Disarmament 173 The organ gun was simply a sort of composite musket. < as lemmas |
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