(chiefly US, politics) An organized group which attempts to influence public policy and law with respect to firearms, especially as an advocate of ownership of and access to firearms by individual citizens.

A double-barrelled shotgun with very short barrels.

(nautical) A small two-masted vessel during the Age of Sail, typically carrying 12 guns, comprising two long guns in the chase position and ten carronades on the broadsides.

(military) The firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired.

(literature) A dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.

Synonym of chicken cannon

plural of gun-brig

(athletics) A gun fired to start a race. / (figuratively) A signal to start or proceed.

(military) At military posts, a gun fired at the first note of reveille; the firing of this gun.

plural of gun lobby