"field gun" meaning in All languages combined

See field gun on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: field guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} field gun (plural field guns)
  1. An artillery piece, originally a smaller gun that could accompany a field army on the march and when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances. Wikipedia link: field gun Categories (topical): Artillery Synonyms: fieldgun
    Sense id: en-field_gun-en-noun-yJqbrxI1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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