Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a painted canvas cap fitted over the muzzle of a gun at sea, to keep out water.
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Examples
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In using guns on shore, a canvas muzzle-bag, a soft wad, or a light stopper of wood, suggest themselves as means of security during the interval between loading and firing the gun.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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Loaders put in the tompion and on muzzle-bag, and wipe off and re-lacquer the front pivot-bolt.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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The Loader and Sponger haul up and secure the lower half-ports, put in tompion, and secure muzzle-bag.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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