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evening gun

evening gun noun: the firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired.

Noun

evening gun (plural evening guns)

  1. The firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired.
    • That life is not worth living the whole army of suicides declare,—an army whose roll-call, like the famous evening gun of the British army, follows the sun round the world and never terminates.1897, William James, “Is Life Worth Living”, in The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
    Synonyms:
    retreat gun

Synonyms of evening gun

  • retreat gun

Forms of evening gun

pluralevening guns

Questions about evening gun

What does evening gun mean?
Evening gun means the firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired.
What part of speech is evening gun?
Evening gun is a noun.
What is the plural of evening gun?
The plural of evening gun is evening guns.

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