Definition of Quaker gun

1. Noun. A dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood.

Generic synonyms: Gun

Definition of Quaker gun

1. Noun. (chiefly US idiomatic military weaponry) A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of Quaker gun) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaker Gun

Qlipothic
QoS
Qom
Qomolangma
Qomolangma Feng
Qs
Qu'ran
Quaalude
Quaaludes
Quadi
Quadragesima
Quadrigesima Sunday
Quai d'Orsay
Quaker
Quaker gun
Quaker guns
Quakeress
Quakeresses
Quakerish
Quakerism
Quakerisms
Quakerly
Quakers
Quakery
Qualitätswein
Qualitätsweins
Quals
Quamoclit pennata

Literary usage of Quaker gun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making of the Great West, 1512-1883 by Samuel Adams Drake (1887)
"quaker gun AT STAGE STATION. We have also witnessed the occupation of the Pacific coast, the rise of two great States there whose people were already ..."

2. The Making of the Great West by Samuel Adams Drake (2001)
"quaker gun AT STAGE STATION. We have also witnessed the occupation of the Pacific coast, the rise of two great States there whose people were already ..."

3. The Making of the Great West; 1512-1883 by Samuel Adams Drake (1887)
"quaker gun AT STAGE STATION. Its We have also witnessed the occupation of the Pacific coast, the rise of two great States there whose people . were already ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"quaker gun, a log of wood mounted on wheels or some other arrangement, ... These were the quaker gun* afterwards noticed in Northern papers. ..."

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