Gunpad

Quick meaning: Gunpad is a noun meaning (historical) A padded shoulder on a coat designed to protect the fabric from the recoil of a rifle or shotgun.

Meaning

(historical) A padded shoulder on a coat designed to protect the fabric from the recoil of a rifle or shotgun.

More Meanings

1. (historical) A pad for holding a cannon during transport.

Example Sentences

Tighten these straps till wheels are in best position, and bear firmly on the cargo-cincha wheel-pads and on the gunpad.

It was the portrait of a man of thirty-five or thereabouts, not absolutely handsome, but wonderfully attractive, dressed in a brown velveteen shooting-coat with a leather gunpad, and a pale grey-blue handkerchief peeping from the breast-pocket.

Word Forms

• gunpads
• gun pad

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gunstock, palette, gambeson, pad-tree, chestpad, gunshield.

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