harpoon gun
noun
a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
Origin of harpoon gun
1First recorded in 1810–20
Words Nearby harpoon gun
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How to use harpoon gun in a sentence
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-WheelerAs respected the second mode, the use of the harpoon-gun, there was no novelty in that certainly.
The bird's-nest where the look-out man is posted is on the foremast, and the harpoon gun is in the bows of the vessel.
Across Iceland | William BisikerThey 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. BancroftThe harpoon gun, designed to throw a harpoon, is but little used by American ships, though quite generally among English whalers.
The Arctic Whaleman | Lewis Holmes
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