Meaning of gunworks | Babel Free

Definitions

A facility where guns are manufactured.

Examples

“Federal troops were used to break sporadic strikes, as in Cold Springs, New York, where workers at a gunworks asked for a wage increase.”

“Then, as news of the slaughter spread through the city, the streets filled with rolling-mill hands and other workers who broke into a gunworks and captured two hundred rifles and additional small arms.”

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