A breech-loading gun. A gun loaded at the breech, which is then closed by a screw or wedge-block.
Evening or sunset gun. A gun fired at sunset, or about 9 oʹclock p.m.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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