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small arm

small arm noun: a firearm designed to be carried and fired by a single person, and often held in the hand.

Noun

small arm (plural small arms)

  1. A firearm designed to be carried and fired by a single person, and often held in the hand.
    • […] about break of day, we heard from the Town a small Arm discharged, and after that a Drum beating a travailler.1685, Basil Ringrose, Bucaniers of America, London: William Crooke, Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 3, p. 10
    • If any Man shall offer to run away, or keep any Secret from the Company, he shall be marroon’d, with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm, and Shot.1724, Daniel Defoe, chapter 17, in A General History of the Pyrates, London: T. Warner, page 398

small arm meaning in Tamil

small arm in Tamil

சிறு துமுக்கி

Forms of small arm

pluralsmall arms

Questions about small arm

What does small arm mean?
Small arm means a firearm designed to be carried and fired by a single person, and often held in the hand.
What is small arm in Tamil?
Small arm in Tamil is சிறு துமுக்கி. See Small arm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is small arm?
Small arm is a noun.
What is the plural of small arm?
The plural of small arm is small arms.

Words near small arm in the dictionary

  1. small and medium-sized enterprise
  2. small and medium-sized enterprises
  3. small animal
  4. small appliance
  5. small appliances
  6. small arm
  7. small arms
  8. small ball
  9. Small Banisilan
  10. small beer
  11. small beers

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