gun-barrel

English

Noun

gun-barrel (plural gun-barrels)

1. Alternative form of gunbarrel
   • 1883, Alfred Marshall Mayer, Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, page 795:

     The honey-combing of gun-barrels is caused by the residue, left by the exploded powder, setting up a galvanic action between the iron and steel composing Damascus and laminated steel barrels, or between the different grades of iron forming twist barrels.

   • 1903 November, “Barrel Makers' Petition to the War Office”, in Arms & Explosives, page 164:

     A petition from the master gun-barrel makers of Birmingham and district to his Majesty's Secretary of State for War praying that steps be taken to amend the present practice of proof-marking foreign-made barrels with the same proof-mark or marks as those stamped upon barrels made in the United Kingdom, and to adopt a mark or marks which would be indicative of foreign make, and which would be easily discernable by sportsmen and other purchasers and colonial and foreign Customs officers.

   • 2002, M.C. Lemon, The Discipline of History and the History of Thought:

     If, on the other hand, we perceive the smoking gun-barrel as proof of something then we are precisely trying to rule out alternatives.