swivel gun

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

A small cannon attached to a swivel or pivot. It was usually located on a ship's rail so it could have a large range of fire, and could fire anything ranging from small round balls of lead to cannon balls.

日本語の意味

回転軸に取り付けられた小型大砲。主に船舶の側面に設置され、広い射程を確保し、鉛の小球から大砲弾まで様々な弾を発射できる

英語の意味

A small cannon attached to a swivel or pivot. It was usually located on a ship's rail so it could have a large range of fire, and could fire anything ranging from small round balls of lead to cannon balls.

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During the skirmish, the sailor trained the swivel gun toward the approaching longboat and fired a volley of small lead balls.

小競り合いの最中、船員は接近してくる小舟に向けて手すりに取り付けられた小さな旋回砲の照準を合わせ、小さな鉛球を一斉に撃ち出した。

詳細

意味（1）

A small cannon attached to a swivel or pivot. It was usually located on a ship's rail so it could have a large range of fire, and could fire anything ranging from small round balls of lead to cannon balls.

On this roof a heavy swivel-gun was to be placed to command shipping, while howitzers on each side were to form a flanking defense in connection with the neighboring towers.

詳細

swivel guns （ plural ）