Krupp gun

noun

A kind of breech-loading steel cannon.

Meanings

nounKrupp gun (plural Krupp guns)

plural Krupp guns

  1. historicalA kind of breech-loading steel cannon.

Origin

Formerly manufactured by Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia.

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APA

Krupp gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Krupp%20gun

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