organ gun
English
WOTD – 28 July 2024
Etymology
From organ + gun. The multiple barrels of the device were thought to resemble the pipes of a pipe organ.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɔːɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/
- Rhymes: -ʌn
- Hyphenation: or‧gan gun
Noun
organ gun (plural organ guns)
- (firearms, historical) A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.
- Synonyms: infernal machine, mitrailleur, rabauld, ribauldequin, ribaudkin, ribault
Hypernyms
- volley gun
Hyponyms
Translations
portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession
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References
- “organ gun, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2023.
Further reading
- ribauldequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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