Definition of Gun room

1. Noun. Military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Gun Room

gun dogs
gun down
gun emplacement
gun enclosure
gun for
gun for hire
gun fu
gun it
gun lobbies
gun lobby
gun moll
gun muzzle
gun powder
gun powders
gun rest
gun room (current term)
gun shy
gun smoke
gun trigger
gun turret
gunarchies
gunarchy
gunbai
gunbais
gunbattle
gunbattles
gunbearer
gunbearers
gunboat
gunboat diplomacy

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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