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- Secondary term
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wall gun
- URI
- https://nomenclature.info/nom/8269 (opens semantic view)
- Definition
- A weapon consisting of a very long rifled or smooth-bore barrel, fitted with a wood stock, a flint or percussion lock, a trigger and a trigger guard, usually equipped with a pivot or sometimes mounted on a stand, and stamped with identification and inspection marks. Mounted into sockets along the walls of fortifications, used to fire lead bullets.
- Definition source(s)
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- Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2009–2018. “Parks Canada Descriptive and Visual Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif et visuel de Parcs Canada.” 2009–2018.
- English
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- Term (International)
- wall gun
- Inverted term (International)
- gun, wall
- French
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- Term (International)
- fusil de rempart
- Term gender (International)
- masculine
- Date created
- 2010-01-01
- Date updated
- 2021-05-12
- Parks Canada code(s)
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- 05-01993
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- URL
- https://page.nomenclature.info/nom/8269 (reopens this page)
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| Data source | Label | Language | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | wall guns (Art & Architecture Thesaurus) | English | Exact |
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