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mountain gun

mountain gun noun: a gun or cannon specially adapted for use in mountainous terrain.

Noun

mountain gun (plural mountain guns)

  1. A gun or cannon specially adapted for use in mountainous terrain.
    • There were troops on this road and motor trucks and mules with mountain guns and as we went down, keeping to the side, I could see the river far down below […]1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 50

Forms of mountain gun

pluralmountain guns

Questions about mountain gun

What does mountain gun mean?
Mountain gun means a gun or cannon specially adapted for use in mountainous terrain.
What part of speech is mountain gun?
Mountain gun is a noun.
What is the plural of mountain gun?
The plural of mountain gun is mountain guns.

Words near mountain gun in the dictionary

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  3. mountain green
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  10. mountain hemlock
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