gunshield

noun

gunshield

noun

Etymology From gun + shield.

1

Government, Military, Politics, War A shield fitted to the front of a gun to protect its operator.

Junge and his two petty officers had been blown to pieces: the high-explosive shell had come right through the iron gunshield supposed to protect them.2005, Giles Foden, Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika, Penguin UK:

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