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GUN CARRIAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gun carriage mean?
• GUN CARRIAGE (noun)
The noun GUN CARRIAGE has 1 sense:
1. a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing
Familiarity information: GUN CARRIAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A framework on which a gun is mounted for firing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gun carriage" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gun carriage"):
barbette carriage (a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet)
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