gun line
Americannoun
plural
gun lines-
a row of guns, particularly naval or artillery guns, ready to be fired; a row of armed individuals in a tactical formation ready to fire.
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a cable, one end of which can be fired from a gun in order to cross a distance which cannot be achieved by throwing.
Example Sentences
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On Sunday, the military provided The New York Times a tour of a gun line in eastern Ukraine, the first independent confirmation by international media that the guns are in use.
From New York Times • May 23, 2022
It is a Pecheneg, a modern replacement for the long-serving PK machine gun line, a Soviet and Russian staple since the 1960s.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2014
His tactic: to establish a British naval "gun line" around the vulnerable assault ships, supply vessels and troopships that actually carried out the landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Remington has also added more thumbhole stocks to its 11-87 and 870 deer and turkey gun line up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Major W. Babtie, R.A.M.C., who had volunteered to go forward to the gun line, was attending to the wounded.
From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office
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