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
In Victoria the Legislature has by enactment declared the swivel gun an illegal instrument, and since its abolition the ducks are returning in hundreds to their old breeding-grounds.
From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby
The hencoops had vanished, and in their place were rows of brass carronades, while in the centre of the deck an enormous swivel gun occupied the place on which the long-boat had formerly rested.
From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
From a punt with a swivel gun it is different, because the game is swimming and visible as black dots on the surface, and half a pound of shot is sure to hit something.
From The Amateur Poacher by Richard Jefferies
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