gun carriage en · NOUN
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A metal or wooden frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation.
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| gun carriages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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uk лафет (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ga carráiste gunna (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · el κιλλίβαντας (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · de Lafette (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · fi lavetti (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · eu kanoi-gurdi (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ms pedati meriam (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · nl affuit (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ar قَنْدَاق (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · tr top arabası (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ga gunnacharráiste (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · pl laweta (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · sh та̏бља (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · fr affût (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · it treno (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · sh ку̀ндак (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · bg прикла́д (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ru лафет (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · cmn 砲架 /炮架 (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · gv carriads gunney (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · sk lafeta (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · sv lavett (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · it affusto (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · lt lafetas (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ko 포차 (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · cs lafeta (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · pl łoże (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · et lafett (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · da affutage (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · id pedati meriam (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · es cureña (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ota قونداق (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · eo afusto (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · sh tȁblja (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · bg конда́к (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ar كُرْسِيّ (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · sh kùndak (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ro afet (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · bg лафет (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · ja 砲車 (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation) · mk ла́фет (metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation)