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gunshield

gunshield noun: a shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.

Noun

gunshield (plural gunshields)

  1. A shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.
    • Junge and his two petty officers had been blown to pieces: the high-explosive shell had come right through the iron gunshield supposed to protect them.2005, Giles Foden, Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika, Penguin UK

Forms of gunshield

pluralgunshields

Origin of gunshield

From gun + shield.

Questions about gunshield

What does gunshield mean?
Gunshield means a shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.
What part of speech is gunshield?
Gunshield is a noun.
What is the plural of gunshield?
The plural of gunshield is gunshields.

Words near gunshield in the dictionary

  1. Gunsan
  2. gunsel
  3. gunsels
  4. gunshed
  5. gunsheds
  6. gunshield
  7. gunshields
  8. gunship
  9. gunships
  10. gunshop
  11. gunshops

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