Meaning of evening gun | Babel Free
Definitions
The firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired.
Examples
“That life is not worth living the whole army of suicides declare,—an army whose roll-call, like the famous evening gun of the British army, follows the sun round the world and never terminates.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.