organ gun
Syllables: or·gan gun/ˌɔːɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/US/ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/
organ gun noun: a large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.
Noun
organ gun (plural organ guns)
- A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.
- The attempts to re-invest the artillery with its one-time superiority were directed in two channels: one aimed at perfecting shrapnel, which had been rather neglected up to this time (England, Prussia, Austria), while the other resurrected the mediaeval idea of the "barrel-organ gun," with a view...1911, William Balck, “VI. Machine Guns”, in Tactics, Volume 1: Introduction and Formal Tactics of Infantry, page 259
- Synonyms:
- infernal machine, mitrailleur, rabauld, ribauldequin, ribaudkin, ribault
organ gun meaning in Marathi and Persian
organ gun in Marathi
- portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession
- ऑर्गन बंदूक ŏrgan bandūk
organ gun in Persian
- portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession
- ریباولدکویین
Synonyms of organ gun
- infernal machine
- mitrailleur
- rabauld
- ribauldequin
- ribaudkin
- ribault
Forms of organ gun
| plural | organ guns |
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Origin of organ gun
From organ + gun. The multiple barrels of the device were thought to resemble the pipes of a pipe organ.
Words that rhyme with organ gun
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- rerun
- stun
- nun
- shun
- 'un
- Gunn
- jump the gun
- none
- outrun
- overdone
- begun
- dun
- fun
- hon
- pun
- speedrun
- thon
- undone
- unspun
- verdun
- winter sun
- 1
- 101
- 26+6=1
- cun
- dun dun dun
- everyone
- hard-won
- have one's mind about one
- hot cross bun
- marble run
- misdone
- mun
- Munn
- old one
- one hundred and one
- one thousand and one
- outdone
- outgun
- over and done
- quaker gun
- redone
- respun
- rewon
- snatch and run
- spun
- steam gun
- temperature gun
Questions about organ gun
- What does organ gun mean?
- Organ gun means a large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.
- What is organ gun in Marathi?
- Organ gun in Marathi is ऑर्गन बंदूक (ŏrgan bandūk). See Organ gun meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is organ gun?
- Organ gun is a noun.
- How do you pronounce organ gun?
- Organ gun is pronounced /ˌɔːɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of organ gun?
- The plural of organ gun is organ guns.
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