"railway gun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: railway guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} railway gun (plural railway guns)
  1. (military) A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car. Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: railroad gun, rail gun Translations (large mobile artillery gun on railway): 列車砲 (Chinese Mandarin), 列车炮 (lièchēpào) (Chinese Mandarin), jernbanekanon [common-gender] (Danish), spoorwegkanon (Dutch), rautatietykistö (Finnish), rautatietykki (Finnish), artillerie lourde sur voie ferrée [feminine] (French), Eisenbahngeschütz [neuter] (German), σιδηροδρομικό κανόνι (sidirodromikó kanóni) [masculine] (Greek), cannone ferroviario [masculine] (Italian), 列車砲 (resshahō) (Japanese), 열차포 (yeolchapo) (Korean), jernbanekanon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), działo kolejowe [neuter] (Polish), canhão ferroviário [masculine] (Portuguese), железнодоро́жная артилле́рия (železnodoróžnaja artillérija) [feminine] (Russian), cañón ferroviario [masculine] (Spanish), järnvägsartilleri [neuter] (Swedish), demiryolu topu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-railway_gun-en-noun-pNnyJaIM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'large mobile artillery gun on railway': 84 16
  2. (military) An ironclad railway wagon with turrets mounted on it, as part of an armoured train. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-railway_gun-en-noun-wH5ipJ2I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: government, military, politics, war

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