railway gun

noun

A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.

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railroad gunrail gun
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Meanings

nounrailway gun (plural railway guns)

plural railway guns

  1. governmentA massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.

    Synonyms: railroad gun, rail gun

  2. governmentAn ironclad railway wagon with turrets mounted on it, as part of an armoured train.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.

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railroad gunrail gun

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 列車砲 /列车炮
  • 列車砲 /列车炮 (lièchēpào)large mobile artillery gun on railway
Danish jernbanekanon
  • jernbanekanonlarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Dutch spoorwegkanon
  • spoorwegkanonlarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Finnish rautatietykistö, rautatietykki
  • rautatietykistölarge mobile artillery gun on railway
  • rautatietykkilarge mobile artillery gun on railway
French artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée
  • artillerie lourde sur voie ferréelarge mobile artillery gun on railway
German Eisenbahngeschütz
  • Eisenbahngeschützlarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Greek σιδηροδρομικό κανόνι
  • σιδηροδρομικό κανόνι (sidirodromikó kanóni)large mobile artillery gun on railway
Italian cannone ferroviario
  • cannone ferroviariolarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Japanese 列車砲
  • 列車砲 (resshahō)large mobile artillery gun on railway
Korean 열차포
  • 열차포 (yeolchapo)large mobile artillery gun on railway
Norwegian Bokmål jernbanekanon
  • jernbanekanonlarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Polish działo kolejowe
  • działo kolejowelarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Portuguese canhão ferroviário
  • canhão ferroviáriolarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Russian железнодоро́жная артилле́рия
  • железнодоро́жная артилле́рия (železnodoróžnaja artillérija)large mobile artillery gun on railway
Spanish cañón ferroviario
  • cañón ferroviariolarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Swedish järnvägsartilleri
  • järnvägsartillerilarge mobile artillery gun on railway
Turkish demiryolu topu
  • demiryolu topularge mobile artillery gun on railway
Cite this entry
APA

railway gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20gun

MLA

“railway gun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20gun. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “railway gun,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railway%20gun.

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