A double-barrelled gun. Obsolete.

A thing characterized in some way by the number twelve; e.g. a twelve-pounder, or a twelve-bore, gun (see compounds 2), a candle weighing twelve to…

a gun mounted in a boat for wildfowl shooting.

A fowling-piece or other firearm made by the London gunsmith Joseph Manton. Frequently attributive. Also more fully Joe Manton.

Joe Manton n. ‘A name given to fowling-pieces made by Joseph Manton, a celebrated London gunsmith’ (Farmer Slang).

The catching or shooting of wild ducks. Also attributive, as ducking-punt; ducking-gun n. a fowling-piece carrying a heavy charge a long way, so…

a gun used for shooting waterfowl from a punt.

A shotgun, rifle, or other firearm made by the London gunsmiths James Purdey & Sons; (also attributive) designating any of various parts…

a gun for shore-shooting.

a gun used for shooting woodcocks.

(a) adj. (of a gun) having a bore (bore, n.1 2b) of approx. 0.87 inches (22.2 mm), corresponding to the diameter of spherical lead bullets…

(a) adj. (of a gun) having a bore corresponding to the diameter of spherical bullets of twelve to the pound; (b) n. a twelve-bore gun.

= twelve-bore adj. n.

A constriction; the part of the paper tube of a firework where it is compressed to form a stoppage. In a firearm = choke-bore, n. (both senses). Cf…

The bore of a fowling-piece which narrows towards the muzzle, thus tending to keep the shot together and increase the range of the gun. Also a…

a small gun for killing wounded birds in wildfowl shooting.

A shotgun or pistol with barrels one above the other.

having a calibre such that ten balls of matching size weigh one pound; also elliptical for ten-gauge shotgun.

A ducking-gun.

A light wheel-lock fowling rifle of the 17th cent., characterized by its sharply-curved and frequently ornately-decorated stock, and external…

= over-and-under, adj. Also absol. as n.

Firearms. = over-and-under, n. 1.

A side-by-side firearm.