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gunstock

[ guhn-stok ]

noun

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


gunstock

/ ˈɡʌnˌstɒk /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gunstock1

First recorded in 1485–95; gun 1, stock

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Example Sentences

He limped badly—a gunstock had struck him on the thigh—and he had a flesh wound in his left arm.

Dirzed's face, normally the color of a good walnut gunstock, turned almost black.

"Under the stern seat," she replied, without taking her face from the gunstock.

It struck the Frenchman as he lay belly downward on the earth with his gunstock against his cheek.

During the Civil war the largest demand for walnut came from gunstock makers.

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