blunderbuss
An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive…An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
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Meaning
1 sensesAn old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
Espingole, Donnerbüchse
мушкето́нmušketón
мушкетонmušketon
- a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
Origin
From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under theFrom Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.
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Forms
plural: blunderbusses| Singular | blunderbuss |
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