Meanings
plural gun carriages
- A metal or wooden frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation.
1 more example
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLCSynonyms: carriage[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA metal or wooden frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation.
Translations
Arabic كُرْسِيّ, قَنْدَاق
- كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
- قَنْدَاق (qandāq)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Basque kanoi-gurdi
- kanoi-gurdimetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Bulgarian прикла́д, конда́к
- прикла́д (priklád)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
- конда́к (kondák)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
- лафет (lafet)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Chinese Mandarin 砲架 /炮架
- 砲架 /炮架 (pàojià)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Czech lafeta
- lafetametal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Danish affutage
- affutagemetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Dutch affuit
- affuitmetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Esperanto afusto
- afustometal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Estonian lafett
- lafettmetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Finnish lavetti
- lavettimetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
French affût
- affûtmetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
German Lafette
- Lafettemetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Greek κιλλίβαντας
- κιλλίβαντας (killívantas)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Indonesian pedati meriam
- pedati meriammetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Irish carráiste gunna, gunnacharráiste
- carráiste gunnametal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
- gunnacharráistemetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Italian treno, affusto
- trenometal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
- affustometal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Japanese 砲車
- 砲車 (hōsha)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Korean 포차
- 포차 (pocha)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Lithuanian lafetas
- lafetasmetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Malay pedati meriam
- pedati meriammetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Polish laweta, łoże
- lawetametal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
- łożemetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Romanian afet
- afetmetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Russian лафет
- лафет (lafet)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Slovak lafeta
- lafetametal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Spanish cureña
- cureñametal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Swedish lavett
- lavettmetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Turkish top arabası
- top arabasımetal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Ukrainian лафет
- лафет (lafet)metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
Cite this entry
gun carriage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20carriage
“gun carriage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20carriage. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gun carriage,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gun%20carriage.
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