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Gunsight

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.
  2. 2
    a sight used for aiming a gun wordnet
  3. 3
    An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.; In particular, especially in allusions and comparisons, a notch.

    "I could just see the nick, like a gunsight, in the ridge of rock through which the road passes into the coastal plain of Tihamah. The nick is called Bab al-Naqah, the Gate of the She-Camel, after an unmistakable humped rock by the road."

Etymology

From gun + sight.

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