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orgue |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Orgue \Orgue\, n. [F., fr L. organum organ, Gr ?. See {Organ}.] (Mil.) a Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack. b A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.
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