"noon gun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: noon guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} noon gun (plural noon guns)
  1. A sundial with a cannon whose fuse is lit by a lens concentrating sunbeams, positioned to fire at noon.
    Sense id: en-noon_gun-en-noun-Tm8ZyOdG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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