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Definition of Gunsight

1. Noun. A sight used for aiming a gun.

Definition of Gunsight

1. Noun. an optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Gunsight

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

1. Glacier National Park: Its Trails and Treasures by Mathilde Edith Holtz, Katharine Isabel Bemis (1917)
"For one thing, the views are incomparable, containing all values and tones of mountain beauty, linking the Going-to-the-Sun and gunsight camps with the Many ..."

2. Forestry Kaimin by University of Montana (Missoula). School of Forestry. Forestry Club (1903)
"gunsight Pass, over the main Rockies between gunsight and Jackson Mountains. gunsight Lake, between gunsight and Jackson Mountains, on the Hudson Bay side, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"gunsight and upper Two-Medicine were stocked by David Ross of ... Black- feet Glacier is easily reached from gunsight Lake. The most imposing glacier and ..."

4. The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard (1919)
"Still south of that, unseen from here, is famous gunsight Pass. ... OVER gunsight PASS To me one of the most stirring sights in all Glacier is the view of ..."

5. The Mines Handbook: An Enlargement of the Copper Hand Book; a Manual of the by Walter Harvey Weed (1920)
"Property: the old'gunsight mine bought at sheriff's sale in 1918. ported to show a fissure vein in ... gunsight GOLD & TUNGSTEN MINING CO. ARIZO Office. ..."

6. Bulletin of the University of Montana by University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) (1903)
"gunsight Pass and Sperry Glacier. Luzula parviflora (Ehrh) Desv. Lambert Valley. ... gunsight Pass and Lake, Belton, Upper Marias Pass. ..."

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