"horse pistol" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, section I:",
          "text": "Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols: and, by way of ornament, three gaudily-painted cainsters disposed along its ledge.",
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        {
          "ref": "1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 559:",
          "text": "From time to time he pulled the trigger of the horse-pistol; from time to time he rested the butt on his ledge and rammed a charge home.",
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        "A type of large pistol carried on the pommel of a saddle while riding."
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          "code": "ga",
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          "word": "piostal marcaigh"
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  "word": "horse pistol"
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          "ref": "1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, section I:",
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  "word": "horse pistol"
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