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Definition of Gun room
1. Noun. Military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gun Room
Literary usage of Gun room
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1748)
"... down I fo The gun room port, or 112 The main capitán out of the gun room 113
The pall of the capib or ..."
2. The Gentleman's House: Or, How to Plan English Residences, from the by Robert Kerr (1865)
"GUN-ROOM. Described, with fittings. — Position and requirements. — Substitutes
in small houses. — When separate from tho house. — Armoury. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"Gun-room. In ships of war which have no ward-room, the gun-room is the common
dining and dwelling cabin of all officers except the captain and midshipmen. ..."
4. Eight Months in an Ox-waggon: Reminiscences of Boer Life by Edward F. Sandeman (1880)
"... we proceeded to the Point by the 'bus which regularly plies between it and
the town. When we presented ourselves at the gun- room ..."
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