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gun-layers

gun-layers is the plural of gun-layer.

Meaning of gun-layer

Noun

gun-layer (plural gun-layers)

  1. A soldier who is assigned to aim and fire a mounted machine gun such as that on the turret of a tank.
    • A ship carries comparatively small guns to repel attacks by torpedo craft. We carry eight twelve-pounders, three three-pounders for the purpose. Each of these guns has its appointed gun-layer who is supposed to shoot straight.1930, Stephen Lucius Gwynn, Captain Scott, page 112

Questions about gun-layers

What is gun-layers the plural of?
Gun-layers is the plural of gun-layer.

Words near gun-layers in the dictionary

  1. gun-happy
  2. gun-howitzer
  3. gun-howitzers
  4. gun-kata
  5. gun-layer
  6. gun-layers
  7. gun-laying
  8. gun-metal
  9. gun-metals
  10. Gun-ob
  11. gun-paper

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