society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making > test (3)
transitive. To subject (any natural, prepared, or manufactured substance or object, now esp. a firearm) to a testing process.
transitive. To fire (a shotgun) at a target plate to test the distribution of shot. rare.
to fire (a gun or missile) experimentally.