gunstock

[ guhn-stok ]

noun
  1. the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.

Origin of gunstock

1
First recorded in 1485–95; see origin at gun1, stock

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How to use gunstock in a sentence

  • There was no key, but they beat it in with their gunstocks, whilst shriek after shriek came from within.

  • The white ants had not only eaten up bodily the box in which the guns were packed, but they had also eaten the gunstocks.

    How I Found Livingstone | Henry M. Stanley
  • Some of the wood from that district has been made into gunstocks also.

    American Forest Trees | Henry H. Gibson
  • Used in cabinet work, for furniture, inside finish, and for gunstocks.

    Carpentry and Woodwork | Edwin W. Foster
  • Gunstocks are sometimes made from it, and such are very beautiful.

    Practical Graining | William E. (William Edmund) Wall

British Dictionary definitions for gunstock

gunstock

/ (ˈɡʌnˌstɒk) /


noun
  1. the wooden or metallic handle or support to which is attached the barrel of a rifle

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