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fowling piece

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noun

a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.

Origin of fowling piece

First recorded in 1590–1600

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Historical Examples of fowling piece

Captain Truck had thrown forward his fowling-piece, but he did not fire.
Homeward Bound
James Fenimore Cooper
The fowling-piece had escaped my grasp and crashed against the wall.
The Tavern Knight
Rafael Sabatini
In dodging me, he let fall his fowling-piece, which went off with a bang into the fire.
Lords of the North
A. C. Laut
Ethan now took the fowling-piece, which he had charged with duck-shot, and fired again.
Hope and Have
Oliver Optic
He had brought his fowling-piece, and we had besides two muskets.
Peter Trawl
W. H. G. Kingston