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bow gun

bow gun

[′bau̇ ‚gən]
(ordnance)
Gun mounted at the front of a ship or armored vehicle, especially a semifixed, forward-firing gun in tanks.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"Take the port bow gun, Kar Komak," he called to the bowman, and himself stepped to the gun upon the starboard bow.
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Her bow gun spoke again even as we looked, and another shell burst among the fleeing Warhoons.
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I was now near enough to my quarry to have used my bow gun; but, though I could see that Dejah Thoris was not on deck, I feared to fire upon the craft which bore her.
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Beckham and Brooklyn were seen carrying at least five large shopping bags packed with goodies from Toys R'Us store, which included a Nerf bow gun, a Matai car and some Playmobil toys.
Becks seen buying bags full of toys as son's birthday approaches
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