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double-barrelled shotgun

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of shot-firing gun with two long, parallel barrels, allowing the user to fire twice in quick succession.

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  • Bulgarian: двуцевка (dvucevka) — type of shot-firing gun
  • Finnish: kaksipiippuinen haulikko — type of shot-firing gun
  • French: fusil à deux coups — type of shot-firing gun
  • French: fusil à double canon — type of shot-firing gun
  • German: Doppelflinte — type of shot-firing gun
  • German: doppelläufige Schrotflinte — type of shot-firing gun
  • Greek: δίκαννο (díkanno) — type of shot-firing gun
  • Italian: doppietta — type of shot-firing gun
  • Kazakh: қосауыз мылтық (qosauyz myltyq) — type of shot-firing gun
  • Macedonian: двоцевка (dvocevka) — type of shot-firing gun
  • Macedonian: чифте (čifte) — type of shot-firing gun
  • Māori: tūpara — type of shot-firing gun
  • Polish: dubeltówka — type of shot-firing gun
  • Polish: dwururka — type of shot-firing gun
  • Russian: двуство́льное ружьё (dvustvólʹnoje ružʹjó) — type of shot-firing gun
  • Russian: двуство́лка (dvustvólka) — type of shot-firing gun
  • Spanish: escopeta de dos cañones — type of shot-firing gun
  • Spanish: chachaguata — type of shot-firing gun
  • Volapük: telrüdedagün — type of shot-firing gun
  • Yakut: икки уостаах саа (ikki uostaaq saa) — type of shot-firing gun