swivel gun

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of swivel gun¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

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.

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Gentle light illuminates a circa-1780 flintlock pistol, a 19th-century swivel gun, mortars, glossy cannonballs and other projectiles.

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Just 17 days after the Brisbens purchased the salvage rights and formed their company, they recovered the only bronze swivel gun ever found on the 1715 Fleet.

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It’ll take a bit of time for your crew to throw the hooks, so you can man a swivel gun and do some damage, or you can dive into the water.

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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.

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