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FOWLING PIECE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fowling piece mean?
• FOWLING PIECE (noun)
The noun FOWLING PIECE has 1 sense:
1. a light shotgun used for fowling
Familiarity information: FOWLING PIECE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light shotgun used for fowling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fowling piece" is a kind of...):
scattergun; shotgun (firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges)
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