gun emplacement
2
8.3
- noun
- /ɡʌn ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/
- Specialized
:
posición de artillería
- The soldiers took cover behind the gun emplacement during the battle.
- machine-gun emplacement
- concrete gun emplacement
- fire from gun emplacements
If the Marines storm into this beach at Kuwait, should we first shell these hotels and gun emplacements?
- If the Marines storm into this beach at Kuwait, should we first shell these hotels and gun emplacements?
Examples
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"Advance to within one mile of the enemy's southern gun emplacement and halt!
Fiction book (1993) -
PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): In the early twentieth century, every cannon made by or purchased for the U.S. Army was fired from Sandy Hook's battery, whose concrete gun emplacements still stand today.
Academic text (2004) -
The planned military construction included the building of permanent military structures such as gun emplacements, as well as a mini naval base.
Academic text (1999) -
I have charted all gun emplacements and air batteries.
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To get there, we had to crawl by a German machine-gun emplacement.
Blog text (4) -
I want a machine gun emplacement here and one over on that spur... so we can cross-fire this area.
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Police firebases and gun emplacements are indicated in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Fiction book (1996) -
O'Donald's men were finished with the first gun emplacement, commanding the apex of the line, and were now turning their attention to the flanking position.
Fiction book (1990) -
It is a sprawling police complex with low concrete bunkers, gun emplacements, satellite communications, vehicles, troops, the works.
Fiction book (1996) -
Machine-gun emplacements were set up hastily and manned, although the return fire from shore on Ford Island was pitifully weak.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
4
9.6
A prepared position where a weapon like a gun is placed for fighting
3
6.3
A part of a ship, plane, or vehicle that holds guns and turns to aim them
1
8.0
A prepared place where a gun or cannon is set to fire
A protected platform that holds guns and can turn to aim at targets
How Fortified
144
4.6
9
6.6
- Specialized
- Specialized
2
8.3
1
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'emplacement' denotes a prepared position for artillery or weapons, and 'gun' specifies the type of weapon mounted there. A learner who knows both constituent words can readily infer that a 'gun emplacement' is a prepared position where a gun is mounted; this noun–noun compounding is a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern.
Etymology
Gun emplacement comes from soldiers building a strong, prepared place for a gun. They made a platform or shelter to put the gun in place and protect it, so the phrase now means 'a prepared position where a gun is mounted'.