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gun carriage

noun

  1. the structure on which a gun is mounted or moved and from which it is fired.


gun carriage

noun

  1. a mechanical frame on which a gun is mounted for adjustment and firing or for transportation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gun carriage1

First recorded in 1760–70
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The trade was originally established to look after chariots, carts and gun carriages, but now the main focus is on veteran cars.

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A sailor who helped draw the gun carriage bearing the Queen's coffin at her state funeral said she was "overwhelmed" by the honour.

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Huge crowds then lined the route as her coffin was taken on a gun carriage through London and then by hearse to Windsor.

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Earlier Monday, hundreds of world leaders and dignitaries bid a final farewell to the monarch at a grand state funeral in London’s Westminster Abbey, before the coffin was carried by gun carriage through central London.

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The coffin itself was mounted on a ceremonial gun carriage pulled along by 142 sailors of the Royal Navy, marching as if one to the solemn strains of a funeral march.

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