double-barrelled shotgun

noun

A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.

Meanings

noundouble-barrelled shotgun (plural double-barrelled shotguns)

plural double-barrelled shotguns · alternative double-barreled shotgun

  1. A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.

Translations

Bulgarian двуцевка
  • двуцевка (dvucevka)type of shot-firing gun
Finnish kaksipiippuinen haulikko
  • kaksipiippuinen haulikkotype of shot-firing gun
French fusil à deux coups, fusil à double canon
  • fusil à deux coupstype of shot-firing gun
  • fusil à double canontype of shot-firing gun
German Doppelflinte, doppelläufige Schrotflinte
  • Doppelflintetype of shot-firing gun
  • doppelläufige Schrotflintetype of shot-firing gun
Greek δίκαννο
  • δίκαννο (díkanno)type of shot-firing gun
Italian doppietta
  • doppiettatype of shot-firing gun
Māori tūpara
  • tūparatype of shot-firing gun
Polish dubeltówka, dwururka
  • dubeltówkatype of shot-firing gun
  • dwururkatype of shot-firing gun
Russian двуство́льное ружьё, двуство́лка
  • двуство́льное ружьё (dvustvólʹnoje ružʹjó)type of shot-firing gun
  • двуство́лка (dvustvólka)type of shot-firing gun
Spanish escopeta de dos cañones, chachaguata
  • escopeta de dos cañonestype of shot-firing gun
  • chachaguatatype of shot-firing gun
Cite this entry
APA

double-barrelled shotgun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double-barrelled%20shotgun

MLA

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Chicago

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