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harpoon gun

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noun

a small cannon for shooting harpoons.

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Origin of harpoon gun

First recorded in 1810–20

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

Examples from the Web for harpoon gun

Greener's harpoon-gun is a kind of wall-piece fixed in a crutch, which steps into the bow-bollard of the whale-boat.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
They go out in large open boats, six men to a boat, and shoot the harpoon 220 into the whale from the harpoon-gun.
Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite|A.L. Bancroft
This harpoon-gun is now used all over the world, and has made whaling a wonderfully profitable business.
Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895|Various
Looking at Hank, he saw that the old fighter of the seas had dropped the harpoon-gun and was holding poised the long lance.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

As respected the second mode, the use of the harpoon-gun, there was no novelty in that certainly.
Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.)|Various