morning gun

American  

noun

Military.

1. a gun fired at the first note of reveille.

2. the firing of this gun.

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Etymology

Origin of morning gun

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

On Thursday morning, gun control advocates in the state began organizing and the Maine Legislature’s gun safety caucus met.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

From the palace yard in distant Willemstad there drifted toward them the boom of the morning gun.

From The White Mice by Gibbs, George

The morning gun rang out the sunrise hour.

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

"I'll wash down the gutter, major, according to camp fashion and then my throat will be as clear as the morning gun after sun rise."

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

Promptly, as the morning gun, announced the sun's appearance above the horizon, Lieutenant Jackson, with the dragoons, rode into the parade- ground, ready for a start.

From The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West by Cozzens, Samuel Woodworth