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wire gun

wire gun noun: a former type of canon the construction of which included an internal layer of wire windings.

Noun

wire gun (plural wire guns)

  1. A former type of canon the construction of which included an internal layer of wire windings.
    • Guns were in rapid transit from Windsor, Portsmouth, Aldershot, Woolwich - even from the north; among others, long wire guns of ninety-five tons from Woolwich.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 126

Forms of wire gun

pluralwire guns

Questions about wire gun

What does wire gun mean?
Wire gun means a former type of canon the construction of which included an internal layer of wire windings.
What part of speech is wire gun?
Wire gun is a noun.
What is the plural of wire gun?
The plural of wire gun is wire guns.

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