swivel gun

American  

noun

1. a gun mounted on a pedestal so that it can be turned from side to side or up and down.

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Etymology

Origin of swivel gun

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

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swivel gun

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

There was one swivel gun, which the men had brought with them in one of the wagons.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by

The brig returned the fire with a swivel gun, which had little effect.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

This done, Mr Brooke turned his attention to the wound received by the boat, where the charge from the swivel gun had gone crashing through the top of the cabin and out at the side.

From Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser by Handforth, W.B.