gunstock

American  

[guhn-stok] / ˈgʌnˌstɒk /

noun

1. the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.

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gunstock British  

/ ˈɡʌnˌstɒk /

noun

1. the wooden or metallic handle or support to which is attached the barrel of a rifle

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Etymology

Origin of gunstock

First recorded in 1485–95; see origin at gun ¹, stock

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gunstock

No gunstock can fit well in light clothing and also fit well with a couple of inches of padding created by a heavy winter coat.

From Time Magazine Archive

After that he rubbed and polished the gunstock until the wood of it was bright and shining, too.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

His friends had put him out apprentice to a gunstock maker, to which he served out his time honestly and with a good character.

From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Arthur L. Hayward

The heron watched it till within a couple of feet, then struck quick as thought, darting its bill against the hard walnut of the gunstock.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens

My hand trembled as he spoke; but the next instant it was of a piece with my gunstock.

From Midnight Webs by George Manville Fenn

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