cow gun en · NOUN
Meanings
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(colloquial) A type of heavy naval gun.
‘In the intervals of the slow but well-directed fire of my cow-guns, Jules […] gave what you might call a cinematograph reproduction o' sporadic musketry.’
1911, Rudyard Kipling, “The Horse Marines”, in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 317:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cow guns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |