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Definition of Set gun
1. Noun. A gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set Gun
Literary usage of Set gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa: Being the Narrative of the Last by Frederick Courteney Selous (1893)
"... —Shoot three sable antelopes—set gun for hyaena—Gun goes off without result—Lions !
lions ! the lions have ..."
2. Gunners' Instruction, 1922: Supplement for 12-inch Gun (Disappearing Carriage). by Coast artillery journal (1921)
"Q. set gun in Case II. Range 7562 yards, deflection 3.10. Q. If shot falls to
right, do you increase or decrease setting of sight? A. You decrease it. ..."
3. David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America by David Thompson, Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1916)
"Fortunately they are not numerous, they are very rarely caught in a trap, but
redily take the bait of a set Gun, and [are] killed. ..."
4. The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in by Charles Sheldon (1911)
"The day before, Rose had constructed a set-gun two miles below on the river, for
a bear, ... Then it was explained how a set- gun should be arranged, ..."
5. The Laws of Wisconsin by Wisconsin (1915)
"... set gun, or other device or contrivance which might entrap, ensnare, or kill
any wild animal for which a close season is prescribed in this chapter. ..."
6. Elephant-hunting in East Equatorial Africa: Being an Account of Three Years by Arthur H. Neumann (1898)
"... with a couple of shots from it, and the men dragged him out and made merry
over his corpse in camp, after I had put a fresh cartridge in the set gun. ..."
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