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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