gun carriage
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7.2
- noun
- /ɡʌn ˈkærɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
carro de cañón
- During the ceremony, the soldier carefully positioned the cannon on the gun carriage for the salute.
- gun carriage passed
- come on a gun carriage
Examples
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They've offered to raise the money needed and have a proper gun carriage made and restore the barrel.
Blog text (5) -
The gun carriage is Italian, and the wheels are French.
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The upper part of the gun carriage is capable of... a full 360 degree traverse with a maximum barrel elevation of 90 degrees.
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He had watched on television, with his weeping mother, the funeral of Uncle Jack, the gun carriage, the riderless horse, the millions of grief-stricken people, and had seen his little playmate as one of the actors on the world stage.
Fiction book (1990) -
The parade featured a magnificent old gun carriage that was used during historic battles.
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After the memorial service, the gun carriage transported the fallen hero's casket through the city.
Synonyms
34
7.8
A military vehicle or structure used to carry and launch weapons
2
5.9
A vehicle or structure that carries weapons for military use
A platform that holds a gun so it can fire over a low wall like on a fort or ship
How Mobile
1
5.0
- Specialized
2
7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
gun + carriage
The meaning 'a wheeled frame or support for a gun' is directly derivable from combining 'gun' (the weapon) with 'carriage' (a wheeled vehicle or frame) — it simply names a carriage that carries a gun. This is a straightforward noun–noun compositional pattern common in English (and cross-linguistically), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Gun carriage comes from the simple image of a heavy gun placed on a wheeled carriage so soldiers could move and aim it. That's why it now means the strong frame or wheels that 'carry' and support a cannon.