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ˈfowling-piece
[f. prec. + piece n.]
1. A light gun for shooting wild fowl.
1596Lanc. Wills III. 4 A foulinge piece. 1643[Angier] Lanc. Vall. Achor 31 God sent a deadly messenger out of a Fowling-Piece to one of them. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., Of Fowling pieces, those are reputed the best, which have the longest barrel. 1839G. Bird Nat. Phil. 130 The well-known double report of a fowling-piece, fired at a distance. a1864Hawthorne S. Felton (1883) 244 The old fowling-piece of seven-foot barrel.
2. A picture of game.
1888Athenæum 7 Jan. 21/2 The fowling-piece, which is something like the fine picture at the Prado. |