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

Then her bow paid off, there was a puff of smoke amidship, and a ball from the long swivel gun buzzed overhead, passing through our mainsail without touching mast or stay.

From The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

The great swivel gun amidships was being cleared for action, and our captain was giving orders beside it as coolly and quietly as if nothing unusual had occurred that day.

From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Another shot and another followed without result, and by this time we were getting well out of range of the swivel gun, a poor, roughly-made piece, and our distance was being rapidly increased.

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