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gun carriages

gun carriages is the plural of gun carriage.

Meaning of gun carriage

Noun

gun carriage (plural gun carriages)

  1. A metal or wooden frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation.
    • But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon...1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    carriage[Appendix:Glossary

Questions about gun carriages

What is gun carriages the plural of?
Gun carriages is the plural of gun carriage.

Words near gun carriages in the dictionary

  1. gun boat
  2. gun boats
  3. gun brush
  4. gun brushes
  5. gun carriage
  6. gun carriages
  7. gun club
  8. gun clubs
  9. gun control
  10. gun cotton
  11. gun deck

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