English Explanatory Dictionary

railway gun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.
  2. An ironclad railway wagon with turrets mounted on it, as part of an armoured train.

Word forms

railway gun railway guns

Synonyms

railroad gun rail gun
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