Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A handheld pre-matchlock black-powder gun.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Middle English handgonne. Doublet of handgun.

Learned borrowing from Middle English handgonne. Doublet of handgun.

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Forms

plural: handgonnes
Singularhandgonne
Pluralhandgonnes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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