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mountain guns

mountain guns is the plural of mountain gun.

Meaning of mountain gun

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

Questions about mountain guns

What is mountain guns the plural of?
Mountain guns is the plural of mountain gun.

Words near mountain guns in the dictionary

  1. mountain grape
  2. mountain green
  3. mountain guide
  4. mountain guides
  5. mountain gun
  6. mountain guns
  7. mountain hare
  8. mountain hares
  9. mountain hemlock
  10. mountain hemlocks
  11. mountain hickory

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