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GUN-ROOM
GUN-ROOM, an appartment on the after end of the lower, or gun-deck, of a ship of war; generally defined for the use of the gunner in large ships, but in small ones, it is used by the lieutenants as a dining room, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 142, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0645.html