English Explanatory Dictionary

handgonne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A handheld pre-matchlock black-powder gun.

Word forms

handgonne handgonnes

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle English handgonne. Doublet of handgun.

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