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Definition of Minute gun
1. Noun. (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral).
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minute Gun
Literary usage of Minute gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peking and the Pekingese During the First Year of the British Embassy at Peking by David Field Rennie (1865)
"... drill- sergeant abroad—The minute-gun on the Pei-ho—The Tien-tsin Militia at
ball-practice—Suggestions for the defence of Tien-tsin —Further information ..."
2. Northumberland, and the Border by Walter White (1859)
"... Landlord and Fisherman—More Caution—Bamborough—The Ten-minute Gun —King Ida's
Castle—Taken and Retaken—A Charitable Bishop— Ready with Food, Schooling, ..."
3. Natural-history Plays, Dialogues, and Recitations for School Exhibitions by Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins (1885)
"THE minute gun. The minute gun breaks on the air; Not from yon fortress lone and
bare, ... Brave minute gun! O minute gun ! thy throbbing prayer Bespeaks a ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Repeated every minute : as, a minute gun.— 2. Made in a minute or a very short
time: as, a minute pudding; ... minute gun, one of a series of ..."
5. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1874)
"THE MINUTE-GUN. From thoughts of danger free, He marks some vessel's dusky form,
And hears, amid the howling storm, EN in the storm on Albion's coast, ..."
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