Meaning of gun metal | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“The pump [of the steam fire-engine], being at the forward⟳ end⟳, was made of gun metal and was double⟳ acting, having eight brass suction-valves, four on each side, and four discharge valves, opening into the air vessels, to which a double⟳ discharge valve, having one opening on the inside and two on the outside, was attached for the purpose of using two lines of hose.”
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.
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