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gunsight en · NOUN

Etymology

From gun + sight.

Meanings

1. An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.
2. An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon. ▸ In particular, especially in allusions and comparisons, a notch.
   • I could just see the nick, like a gunsight, in the ridge of rock through which the road passes into the coastal plain of Tihamah. The nick is called Bab al-Naqah, the Gate of the She-Camel, after an unmistakable humped rock by the road. 2011, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Yemen:

Forms

Translations (11)

ru прице́л (an optical instrument) · pl celownik (an optical instrument) · nl vizier (an optical instrument) · cmn 瞄準具 /瞄准具 (an optical instrument) · cmn 瞄準鏡 /瞄准镜 (an optical instrument) · fr viseur (an optical instrument) · de Visier (an optical instrument) · ja サイト (an optical instrument) · ja 照準器 (an optical instrument) · ja 照準具 (an optical instrument) · cs zaměřovač (an optical instrument)