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Definition of Six-gun
1. Noun. A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets).
Specialized synonyms: Colt
Generic synonyms: Handgun, Pistol, Shooting Iron, Side Arm
Definition of Six-gun
1. Noun. (dated) A revolver with a cylinder that holds six bullets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Six-gun
Literary usage of Six-gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"Of these, four were formerly seventy-six gun ships, and have now engines of 450
... One of the above eleven, the " Penelope," was a forty-six-gun frigate. ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"Of these, four were formerly seventy-six gun «hips, and have now engines of 450
... One of the above eleven, the " Penelope," was a forty six-gun frigate. ..."
3. The United Service (1905)
"Upon the other hand, supposing ninety-six guns to be in action, there would, in
the case of six-gun batteries, be only sixteen battery commanders, ..."
4. A History of the War Between Great Britain and the United States of America by Gilbert Auchinleck (1855)
"... nominally a thirty-six gun frigate. " Even here (says James) was a frigate
more than equal to any French or English frigate of the largest class, ..."
5. Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and the Holy Land: Including a Journey by Charles Leonard Irby, James Mangles (1844)
"The 31st, the enemy's engineers were observed placing pickets to the westward of
the six-gun battery ; apparently with a view of extending that work. ..."
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