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Meaning of railway gun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.
  2. An ironclad railway wagon with turrets mounted on it, as part of an armoured train.

Equivalents

Deutsch Eisenbahngeschütz
Español cañón ferroviario
Suomi rautatietykki tykkijuna
Français artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée
Italiano cannone ferroviario
日本語 列車砲
한국어 열차포
Nederlands spoorwegkanon
Português canhão ferroviário
Русский железнодоро́жная артилле́рия

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

railway key railway line railway signal railway sleeper railway spine railway stamp

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