under-and-overadj.n.
/ˌʌndər(ə)n(d)ˈəʊvə/, U.S. /ˌəndərənˈoʊvər/ = over-and-under adj. Also absol. as n.
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choke-bored1875
under-and-over1881
ten-bore1892
ten-gauge1894
sawed-off1898
sawn-off1915
side by side1919
over-under1926
over-and-under1930
the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > type of
turnabout1801
twelve1804
stanchion-gun1815
Joe Manton1816
Joe Manton1816
ducking-gun1823
punt gun1824
Purdey1830
shore-gun1841
woodcock gun1858
seven-bore1859
twelve-bore1859
twelve-gauge1859
choke1875
choke-bore1875
cripple-stopper1881
over-and-under1889
ten-gauge1894
ducker1896
tschinke1910
under-and-over1911
over-under1913
side by side1947
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 380 (caption) Under and over Wedge-fast Gun.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 336/1 There is also Greener's ‘under and over’, the rifle barrel being topmost (usually 16-bore shot-gun barrel and ·450 rifle barrel).
1931 G. Burrard Mod. Shotgun I. ix. 235 (heading) The Woodward ‘under and over’ gun.
1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 163/1 The ‘professionals’..tended to shoot with under-and-over guns.
1969 C. C. Trench Shooter & his Gun viii. 97 (caption) Double-barrelled under and over.
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adj.n.1881