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Webster 1913 Edition


Gunroom

Gun′roomˊ

(gŭn′roōmˊ)
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Noun.
(Naut.)
An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; – called
wardroom
in the United States navy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gunroom

GUN'ROOM

,
Noun.
In ships, an apartment on the after end of the lower gun-deck, occupied by the gunner, or by the lieutenants as a mess-room.