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

Wallis, to avoid a collision, gave the order for the discharge from the swivel gun above the natives' heads, but although the noise terrified them, they still continued their approach.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Léon Benett

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

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 Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader