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fowling pieces

fowling pieces is the plural of fowling piece.

Meaning of fowling piece

Noun

fowling piece (plural fowling pieces)

  1. A light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small animals.
    • "Dear Grandfather———" his lordship began with a very grave face, and was certainly on the point of making a confession, but his servant, entering with a variety of fowling-pieces, sent for his choice from my lord, together with a shot-bag, jacket, &c.;...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 266

Questions about fowling pieces

What is fowling pieces the plural of?
Fowling pieces is the plural of fowling piece.

Words near fowling pieces in the dictionary

  1. fowlhouses
  2. fowlicidin
  3. fowlicidins
  4. fowling
  5. fowling piece
  6. fowling pieces
  7. fowlings
  8. fowlish
  9. fowlkind
  10. fowllike
  11. fowlpox

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