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gunsight

gunsight noun: an optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.

Noun

gunsight (plural gunsights)

  1. An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.
    1. In particular, especially in allusions and comparisons, a notch.
      • I could just see the nick, like a gunsight, in the ridge of rock through which the road passes into the coastal plain of Tihamah. The nick is called Bab al-Naqah, the Gate of the She-Camel, after an unmistakable humped rock by the road.2011, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Yemen

gunsight meaning in Pashto

gunsight in Pashto

gunsight, laying, aiming
کراول karāwúl

Forms of gunsight

pluralgunsights

Origin of gunsight

From gun + sight.

Questions about gunsight

What does gunsight mean?
Gunsight means an optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.
What is gunsight in Pashto?
Gunsight in Pashto is کراول (karāwúl). See Gunsight meaning in Pashto.
What part of speech is gunsight?
Gunsight is a noun.
What is the plural of gunsight?
The plural of gunsight is gunsights.

Words near gunsight in the dictionary

  1. gunshops
  2. Gunshore
  3. gunshot
  4. gunshots
  5. gunshy
  6. gunsight
  7. gunsights
  8. gunsite
  9. gunsites
  10. gunsling
  11. gunslinger

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