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Meaning of "gun carriage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GUN CARRIAGE

gun carriage play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUN CARRIAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gun carriage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GUN CARRIAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gun carriage

A gun carriage is a frame and mount that supports the gun barrel of an artillery piece, allowing it to be manoeuvred and fired.

Definition of gun carriage in the English dictionary

The definition of gun carriage in the dictionary is a mechanical frame on which a gun is mounted for adjustment and firing or for transportation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUN CARRIAGE

gun
gun barrel
gun battle
gun control
gun control laws
gun crew
gun crime
gun culture
gun dog
gun for
gun laws
gun licence
gun lobby
gun moll
gun room
gun turret
gun-shy
gun-toting
gunboat
gunboat diplomacy

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUN CARRIAGE

arranged marriage
arriage
baby carriage
carriage
civil marriage
common-law marriage
doll carriage
ferriage
foliage
group marriage
horseless carriage
intermarriage
marriage
miscarriage
mixed marriage
open marriage
out-marriage
railway carriage
remarriage
triage
undercarriage

Synonyms and antonyms of gun carriage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gun carriage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUN CARRIAGE

Find out the translation of gun carriage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gun carriage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gun carriage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

炮车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cureña
570 millions of speakers

English

gun carriage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गन कैरिज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بندقية النقل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лафет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carreta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দুক বহন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pistolet transport
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengangkutan kereta api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lafette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砲架
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포차
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gun carriage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giá súng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துப்பாக்கி வண்டல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तोफा वाहक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

top arabası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affusto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

laweta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лафет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

transport pistol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gun μεταφορά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geweer vervoer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lavett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pistol vogn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gun carriage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUN CARRIAGE»

The term «gun carriage» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.177 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUN CARRIAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gun carriage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUN CARRIAGE»

Discover the use of gun carriage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gun carriage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Direct Support and General Support Maintenance Manual for ...
Section III. REPAIR OF M42A1 GUN CARRIAGE 3-11. M42A1 Gun Carriage Removal, Disassembly, Cleaning, Inspection, Repair, Assem bly, and Installation. Refer to section IV for top carriage (1, fig 3-25) and to section V for bottom carriage ...
‎1987
2
British Napoleonic Artillery 1793-1815 (2): Siege and ...
The barrel was supported under the trunnions by metal thimbles and a 6-inch rope. The barrel was normally raised so that the muzzle faced to the rear and the breech was lashed to the upper frame. The gun carriage could be mounted on the ...
Chris Henry, 2003
3
Build A Carriage for a Gun: For a Gun
... considered: like, how to make the product durable (carefree), which fastenersto useand what might be the future use of the (gun!) carriage.Last:What degreeof personalizationis intended. The carriage can be used for other purposes as well.
Doc Ric, 2014
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
The slide-carriage, the groove included, is equally broad with the fore part of the gun-carriage, and about four times the length : the fore part of the slide-carriage is fixed by hinge-bolts I, to the quick- work of the ship below the port, the end lying  ...
‎1823
5
The German Fortress of Metz 1870-1944
The base of the gun carriage was mounted on a steel column that passed through the wooden floor of the top chamber and was anchored to a large screw in the floor of the lower chamber. The top of the gun carriage was bolted to a curved ...
Clayton Donnell, 2013
6
The artillerist's manual, and compendium of infantry exercise
Prepare the devil carriage. Prepare to raise the gun carriage. Lift. Halt. Lift the gun CARRIAGE FORWARD. HaLT. TaKE TURNS WITH THE drag ropes. Prepare to back the devil carriage. Back. Halt. Scotch the wheels. Prepare to un- LIMBER.
Frederick Augustus Griffiths, 1839
7
Napoleonic Naval Armaments 1792-1815
If one looks at the side loops on the gun carriage they are designed to take a block hook and not as is sometimes supposed to pass a rope through. In a rough sea, and when not in use, the guns had to restrained from moving around the deck.
‎2003
8
The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
2diy, A gun mounted on this principle will recoil much more smoothly, and without jumping as the common gun carriage does when fired ; not only because it is confined to the port sill and cannot rise, but because the plane on which it recoils  ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
9
Essays on the Theory and Practice of the Art of War: ...
... of being injured by the projection of the trucks or ropes that are applied t? the common gun-carriage,-a» this new carriage acts without those projections. Directions koto to manage the Carriage, in order to point the Gun with greater cettainttf.
‎1809
10
Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences
the carriage out after loading. The barrel with the spring is proposed 'to be placed under the floor or platform on which the gun carriage traverses, and to, be attached to the carriage by a rope; when'by the recoil of the gun in fireing, the carriage ...
‎1828

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUN CARRIAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gun carriage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Workhorse of war roars on in Port Fairy
... the New Year's Eve procession in Port Fairy towing another war veteran — a Dodge gun carriage used by the US Army in the Pacific islands. «Warrnambool Standard, Jul 15»
2
Desi Bofors Undergoing Final Trials
The Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur, plans to supply six guns within as many months and another 12 within the next one year, before ramping ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Finally, a new artillery gun for the Army
Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur plans to supply 6 guns within 6 months, ... line for bulk production at Jabalpur Gun Carriage Factory from 2016, ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
4
Service to remember teenage war victim
As for Wolseley-Gatliff, his body was taken from Dartmouth on a gun carriage with great ceremony. It arrived at Alveley draped in a Union Jack ... «shropshirestar.com, Jul 15»
5
Demolition of stately home was an act of 'vandalism'
... Millbank, London, in May 1920. His funeral was at St Faith's Church, Havant, his coffin borne on a gun carriage. Dynamic Dart Advertisement. «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
6
Travel: War stories brought to life
Kiwi stretcher bearer Stewart Little brought the Greek land creature to Dunedin after a French gun carriage ran over her. She now lives with ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
7
Town cannon returned to place of honor near war memorial
Cronk was down on his knees helping one of the students, Chayse Reed, fashion a new wooden wedge for the gun carriage. Reed, a junior ... «Wiscasset Newspaper, Jun 15»
8
50TH ANNIVERSARY: To serve and protect - the odd world of …
A 14-man gun crew of Sea Cadets walks from Theodore St., through Streetsville, pushing an eight-foot oak gun carriage, upon which is their ... «Mississauga, Jun 15»
9
State ceremony to be held for late Turkish President Demirel
Demirel's body will be taken to the Kocatepe Mosque on a gun carriage travelling through the streets on a cortege, which will be escorted by ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jun 15»
10
Lady Lodge members to parade in England
She was buried with full military honours, her coffin draped with the Union Flag and borne on a gun carriage. After the interment the Last Post ... «Londonderry Today, Jun 15»

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