Dane gun

English

Alternative forms
  • dane-gun
  • dane gun

Etymology

The guns were originally imported into West Africa by Danish traders.

Noun

Dane gun (plural Dane guns)

  1. A long-barreled flintlock musket, used and generally manufactured in West Africa.
    • 2007, Makuchi, The Sacred Door and Other Stories, page 61:
      Her father summoned all the courage he could muster, loaded his Dane gun, and asked his daughter to take him to this secret hole.

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