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Definition of Gunneries
1. gunnery [n] - See also: gunnery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunneries
Literary usage of Gunneries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1866)
"gunneries," says that quaint writer, "were good she- " schools, wherein the girls
and maids " of the neighbourhood were taught to " read and work; ..."
2. A Handbook for Travellers in France: Being a Guide to Normandy, Brittany by John Murray (Firm) (1854)
"There are several gunneries iu the old town ; that of the Ursulines is at No.
2, Rue de la Paille. The sisters, 40 or 50 in number, instruct a pension for ..."
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