gun carriage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gun carriage
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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A sailor who helped draw the gun carriage bearing the Queen's coffin at her state funeral said she was "overwhelmed" by the honour.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2022
Earlier Monday, hundreds of world leaders and dignitaries bid a final farewell to the monarch at a grand state funeral in London’s Westminster Abbey, before the coffin was carried by gun carriage through central London.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
The coffin itself was mounted on a ceremonial gun carriage pulled along by 142 sailors of the Royal Navy, marching as if one to the solemn strains of a funeral march.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Pallbearers have lifted the coffin from the state gun carriage and carried it inside the Gothic medieval abbey where 2,000 mourners stood as it entered Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
It was a very unusual thing, but the honour was well-merited, and crowds lined the streets to see the coffin borne past on a gun carriage.
From Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines by Moore, Henry Charles
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