swivel gun
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of swivel gun
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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The chamber in which they were found was a separate piece of a breach-loading swivel gun that was likely kept on the top deck because it was used as an anti-personnel weapon, Farrell said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2018
But the man who was at home behind a swivel gun proved ill at ease behind a desk.
From Time Magazine Archive
When it had been finished, a swivel gun was mounted at one of its angles and discharged to let the Indians know that the garrison was supplied with such pieces.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
We fell off, and were soon running before the wind, with the swivel gun thundering over our stern, as it had formerly thundered over our bows.
From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
She was a swivel gun set on bearings so finely adjusted and well-greased that one man could aim her.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
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