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gun carriage

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A metal or wooden frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: carriage[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: framework

Narrower terms: barbette carriage

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Arabic: قَنْدَاق (qandāq) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Basque: kanoi-gurdi — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Bulgarian: прикла́д (priklád) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Bulgarian: конда́к (kondák) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Bulgarian: лафет (lafet) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 砲架 /炮架 (pàojià) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Czech: lafeta — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Danish: affutage — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Dutch: affuit — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Esperanto: afusto — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Estonian: lafett — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Finnish: lavetti — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • French: affût — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • German: Lafette — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Greek: κιλλίβαντας (killívantas) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Indonesian: pedati meriam — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Irish: carráiste gunna — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Irish: gunnacharráiste — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Italian: treno — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Italian: affusto — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Japanese: 砲車 (hōsha) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Korean: 포차 (pocha) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Lithuanian: lafetas — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Macedonian: ла́фет (láfet) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Malay: pedati meriam — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Manx: carriads gunney — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Polish: laweta — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Polish: łoże — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Romanian: afet — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Russian: лафет (lafet) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̏бља — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ку̀ндак — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȁblja — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Serbo-Croatian: kùndak — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Slovak: lafeta — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Spanish: cureña — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Swedish: lavett — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Turkish: top arabası — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Ottoman Turkish: قونداق (kundak, kondak) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation
  • Ukrainian: лафет (lafet) — metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation