gunwork
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gunwork (uncountable)
- The art or skill of firing a gun.
- 1971, Scouting, volume 59, number 5, page 66:
- They go to elementary schools — performing, showing how to apply make-up and demonstrating fast draws and other gunwork.
- 1982, Alistair Maclean, Athabasca, page 144:
- However it was, he must have seen it just in time and shot to kill — there could have been no time to indulge in any fancier gunwork.