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gunstock [′gən‚stäk] (ordnance) The wooden stock in which the barrel and mechanism of a gun are fixed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The city's woodworking industry produced glider parts for military service planes, while Hillerich and Brach transformed the baseball bats they produced prior to the war into gunstocks. Timber was a primary commodity for battleships, gunstocks and packing crates for military transport, so the war council wanted to mobilize civilian support for preventing forest fires. Logs with significant defects such as large limbs, knots, decay, or crook often can be sawn into gunstock blanks. |
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