| 单词 | pivot gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspivot gun pivot gun n. Gunnery a gun which turns freely on a pivot to point in any direction. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > swivel-gun swivel-gun1712 swivel1748 wall-piece1755 jingal1761 zamburak1825 pivot gun1831 1831 Times 18 Oct. 3/4 The only description of the pirate vessel given is, that she..carried 10 large guns (similar to those of a sloop of war) on each side, and 2 pivot guns, one amidships and one forward. 1922 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 7 410 There were also two corps of militia... These had charge of the fifteen large carriages and three small pivot guns. 1998 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 62 629 Semmes commented on his faulty powder and also on the ‘awful disparity’ between his own guns and Kearsarge's powerful 11-inch pivot guns. < as lemmas |
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