gunmetal
noun
any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
gun metal
-
a variation of
gunmetal.
Example Sentences
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Originally made of plaster and finished in gun metal - which reflected post-war austerity - it was re-cast in 1986 in bronze at the behest of Dobson's widow.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2016
The Connected has a titanium case, which makes it shockingly light and gives it a unique gun metal finish.
From The Verge ● Dec. 4, 2015
It was also repeated to great effect in a host of pastel colors: Pale lavender, mint, lemon, before appearing in gun metal, champagne, black and white.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2012
Her custom-made body armor became silver-beaded, sequin-covered dresses; her breastplate morphed into convex metal-coated vests and her chaps turned into skintight gun metal gray leather leggings sliced open with rows upon rows of horizontal zippers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
The framing, and, indeed, every portion not of phosphor-bronze or gun metal, is of steel, extraordinary precautions being taken to secure lightness.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
