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 Dealings of Captain Sharkey | A. Conan DoyleThe 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. StanleySome of the wood from that district has been made into gunstocks also.
American Forest Trees | Henry H. GibsonUsed in cabinet work, for furniture, inside finish, and for gunstocks.
Carpentry and Woodwork | Edwin W. FosterGunstocks 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
the wooden or metallic handle or support to which is attached the barrel of a rifle
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