harpoon gun

noun

Origin of harpoon gun

First recorded in 1810–20

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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
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 Bisiker
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
The 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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