GUNROOM

Etymology

Noun

gunroom (plural gunrooms)

A room where guns are stored.

Living quarters for junior officers and midshipmen on a warship (hence gunroom officers). In the past it was usually set in the forecastle.

Source: Wiktionary


Gun"room` (, n. (Naut.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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