blunderbuss's Usage Examples:

think are a group of turkeys and fire their rather overcharged long blunderbusses at the group.

description about the Iowans: in the ranks were to be found men armed with blunderbusses, flintlocks, and quaint old ancestral swords that had probably adorned.

Accordingly, Rodgers placed sentries at the hatch, armed with blunderbusses and under orders to open fire should the prisoners attempt to breach.

Eglington"s blunderbuss and coat, were uncovered.

Grabbing the blunderbuss, he creeps towards the bedroom door.

Walpole writes: "…there were a wardrobe of clothes, three-and-twenty purses, and the celebrated blunderbuss found.

version of blunderbuss, a firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is flared at the muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore.

Tom Shippey comments: "Giles"s blunderbuss .

and runs through the village, dancing to the sound of bagpipes and blunderbusses with large wood sticks.

However, 4 gauge were sometimes found used in blunderbuss guns made for coach defense and protection against piracy.

the blunderbuss was not superseded: it was indeed the only kind of gun that there was, and rare at that.

increased her armament to six 18-pounders, four swivel guns, and six blunderbusses.

The blunderbuss is a firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is flared at the muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore, and used with shot.

Synonyms:

musket, bell,

Antonyms:

detach, straight line,