"punt gun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: punt guns [plural]
Etymology: Named after punt (“shallow boat”) on which the shotgun was typically fixed. Etymology templates: {{m|en|punt||shallow boat}} punt (“shallow boat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} punt gun (plural punt guns)
  1. (chiefly historical) A very large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations and private sport. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Firearms Translations (large shotgun): venepyssy (Finnish), ruuhipyssy (Finnish), canardière [feminine] (French), Entenkanone [feminine] (German), smeriglio [feminine] (Italian), punt-ghunn [masculine] (Manx), у́точница (útočnica) [feminine] (Russian), escopeta de barco [feminine] (Spanish), утя́тниця (utjátnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гуся́тниця (husjátnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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