Dane gun

English

Alternative forms

• dane-gun
• dane gun

Etymology

The guns were originally imported into West Africa by Danish traders.

Noun

Dane gun (plural Dane guns)

1. A long-barreled flintlock musket, used and generally manufactured in West Africa.
   • 2007, Makuchi, The Sacred Door and Other Stories, page 61:

     Her father summoned all the courage he could muster, loaded his Dane gun, and asked his daughter to take him to this secret hole.

Anagrams

• dunegan, dunnage, gunnade