Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport.

    Entenkanone

    у́точницаútočnica

    утя́тницяutjátnycja, гуся́тницяhusjátnycja

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
large shotgun:
Русский
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large shotgun:
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Origin

Named after punt (“shallow boat”) on which the shotgun was typically fixed.

Named after punt (“shallow boat”) on which the shotgun was typically fixed.

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Forms

plural: punt guns
Singularpunt gun
Pluralpunt guns

regular

See also

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