English Dictionary

Quaker gun

名詞

アメリカ英語 慣用表現

(chiefly US, idiomatic, military, weaponry) A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.

日本語の意味

敵に実際の火力以上に見せかけるための、作動しない模造銃・大砲。たいていは木製で、戦略的な欺瞞（デコイ）として用いられる / 実際の戦闘能力を持たない、見せかけのみの銃器または砲兵装備

During the standoff, the defenders positioned a Quaker gun on the hill to convince the approaching forces they had artillery.

膠着状態の間、守備側は接近してくる部隊に砲兵を保有していると信じ込ませるため、丘に木製の模造大砲を据えた。

意味（1）

(chiefly US, idiomatic, military, weaponry) A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.

At all events, your honour, I will carry the quaker in, said Joyce, tossing the stuffed figure on a shoulder. He do to man the quaker gun at least, and may be of use in frightening some one of the other side.

Quaker guns （ plural ）