BLUNDERBUSS

blunderbuss

(noun) a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

blunderbuss (plural blunderbusses)

An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.

Verb

blunderbuss (third-person singular simple present blunderbusses, present participle blunderbussing, simple past and past participle blunderbussed)

(transitive) To shoot with a blunderbuss.

Source: Wiktionary

Blun"der*buss, n. Etym: [Either fr. blunder + D. bus tube, box, akin to G. büchse box, gun, E. box; or corrupted fr. D. donderbus (literally) thunder box, gun, musket.]

1. A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim.

2. A stupid, blundering fellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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