gun carriage

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

Origin of gun carriage

First recorded in 1760–70

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The cannon had been hurled to some distance, and was lying on a piece of ice that looked like a gun-carriage.

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras |Jules Verne
A pillar fixed to the ground at the side of the gun-carriage supported a tuning-fork, the Sebert.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 |Various
He was serving in the Belgian army, and was behind a gun-carriage when it was fired upon and started.

My War Experiences in Two Continents |Sarah Macnaughtan
She seated herself on the gun-carriage and drew the two tunics on to her lap.

Fort Amity |Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

She sat on the gun-carriage and he leaned against the parapet by her side.

Woven with the Ship |Cyrus Townsend Brady

gun carriage

a mechanical frame on which a gun is mounted for adjustment and firing or for transportation