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cow gun

cow gun noun: a type of heavy naval gun.

Noun

cow gun (plural cow guns)

  1. (colloquial) A type of heavy naval gun.
    • ‘In the intervals of the slow but well-directed fire of my cow-guns, Jules […] gave what you might call a cinematograph reproduction o' sporadic musketry.’1911, Rudyard Kipling, “The Horse Marines”, in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 317

Forms of cow gun

pluralcow guns

Questions about cow gun

What does cow gun mean?
Cow gun means a type of heavy naval gun.
What part of speech is cow gun?
Cow gun is a noun.
What is the plural of cow gun?
The plural of cow gun is cow guns.

Words near cow gun in the dictionary

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  2. cow eyes
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  4. cow grease
  5. cow gum
  6. cow gun
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  8. cow handed
  9. Cow Head
  10. cow hitch
  11. cow hitches

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