English Explanatory Dictionary

wall gun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A smoothbore firearm, like a scaled-up infantry musket, used between the 16th and 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops.

Word forms

wall gun wall guns

Synonyms

wall piece
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