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Definition of Spring gun
1. Noun. A gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off.
Definition of Spring gun
1. Noun. a gun rigged to fire when a string is tripped ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Gun
Literary usage of Spring gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1827)
"If a spring-gun was to be defended as a punishment for a trespass, a man might
also defend the springing of a mine, by which a whole gang of poachers might ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The person setting a spring gun In a warehouse for its defense in the night-time
is not responsible to the owner of a slave for the death of such slave, ..."
3. The Punishment of Death: A Selection of Articles from the Morning Herald by Thomson Gale (Firm) (1836)
"The one will contrive means of destroying the property with as little risk as
possible ; while the other will walk into the ambuscade of a spring-gun from ..."
4. The Canada Law Journalby Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1874)
"To protect his fruit from such persona, he planted [US Kep. a spring-gun, so
arranged that it would be discharged, in the direction ..."
5. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1864)
"... with a painful report upon the ear, when we discover that our dearest friend
has been accidentally shot by a spring gun, while pursuing the rascal. ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1816)
"V The Jury returned a verdict, that the deceased was accidentally shot by a
spring-gun, placed upon grounds upon which lie had trespassed; and the cir. ..."
7. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1843)
"1, enacts and declares, " That if any person shall set or place, or cause to be
set or placed, any spring gun, man trap, or other engine calculated to ..."
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