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Meaning of wire gun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A former type of canon the construction of which included an internal layer of wire windings.

Examples

“Guns were in rapid transit from Windsor, Portsmouth, Aldershot, Woolwich - even from the north; among others, long wire guns of ninety-five tons from Woolwich.”

CEFR level

B2

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

See also

wire mattress wire netting wire nut wire recorder wire rope wire rush