"fowling piece" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Firearms",
          "orig": "en:Firearms",
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          "ref": "1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 266:",
          "text": "\"Dear Grandfather———\" his lordship began with a very grave face, and was certainly on the point of making a confession, but his servant, entering with a variety of fowling-pieces, sent for his choice from my lord, together with a shot-bag, jacket, &c.;...",
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          "ref": "1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
          "text": "What could I do? My useless fowling-piece was in my hand. What help could I get from that? I looked desperately round for some rock or tree[.]",
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      "glosses": [
        "A light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small animals."
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          "gun",
          "gun"
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        [
          "bore",
          "bore"
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  "word": "fowling piece"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "text": "\"Dear Grandfather———\" his lordship began with a very grave face, and was certainly on the point of making a confession, but his servant, entering with a variety of fowling-pieces, sent for his choice from my lord, together with a shot-bag, jacket, &c.;...",
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          "ref": "1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
          "text": "What could I do? My useless fowling-piece was in my hand. What help could I get from that? I looked desperately round for some rock or tree[.]",
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        "A light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small animals."
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