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gunport

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  • noun A hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired.

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Examples

  • The five executioners, certified police officers who volunteered for the task and remain anonymous, stood about 25 feet away, behind a wall cut with a gunport, and were armed with matching. 30-caliber Winchester rifles.

    Ronnie Lee Gardner Executed By Firing Squad In Utah 2010

  • The five executioners, certified police officers who volunteered for the task and remain anonymous, stood about 25 feet away, behind a wall cut with a gunport, and were armed with matching. 30-caliber Winchester rifles.

    Firing squad's work done in Utah 2010

  • And though Monk dared not look out the gunport while disgraced, he thought he knew the reason for this surprising outburst.

    Aching for Always Gwyn Cready 2010

  • One man was seen trying to escape from a gunport and was swept back inside by the power of the water.

    Cumberland, Part 2: Choosing the Scene James Gurney 2009

  • A gunport opened at the Prince of Wales's bow to return the salute that the Cleopatra was firing as she passed.

    Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001

  • Men put in powder bags and shot, rammed them home, then hauled the weapon's muzzle out through the gunport with the rope-and-pulley tackles fixed on either side of the carriage.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • Sharpe gave Hopper a coin, touched his hat to Mister Collier, thanked the boat's crew and stepped up onto the platform from where he climbed to the main deck past an open gunport in which a polished cannon muzzle showed.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • Three of the Pucelle's heavy guns fired together, their sound almost stunning Sharpe, who was going from gunport to gunport and stabbing at the French with his cutlass.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • A Midshipman fired a pistol into an enemy gunport.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • The man lunged his cutlass at Sharpe, had it effortlessly parried, saw death in the redcoat's face and so, in desperation, squirmed through a gunport and threw himself down between the ships.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

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