"trigger guard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trigger guards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} trigger guard (plural trigger guards)
  1. A thin loop surrounding the trigger of a weapon to keep it from accidental discharge. Translations (A thin loop surrounding the trigger of a weapon to keep it from accidental discharge): pontet [masculine] (Catalan), trekkerbeugel [masculine] (Dutch), pontet [masculine] (French), garda truicir [masculine] (Irish), sciath truicir [masculine] (Irish), guardamano [masculine] (Italian), كوپری (köprü) (Ottoman Turkish), garda trăgaciului [feminine] (Romanian), спускова́я скоба́ (spuskovája skobá) [feminine] (Russian), varbygel [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trigger_guard-en-noun-IJO2IMUu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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