gunwise

adj, adv — 3 senses

adj

Etymology From gun + -wise.

By or in terms of guns.

In the manner of a gun.

And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 141:

adv

Etymology From gun + -wise.

By or in terms of guns.

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