the sailors and petty officers in charge of a gun on a ship
Word origin
[1860–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, big brother, blind spot, monism, raider
Examples of 'gun crew' in a sentence
gun crew
He watched one of the gun crews of five men at practice in the field for some time.
Kantrow, Alan M. The Constraints of Corporate Tradition (1987)