English

gunwork

From gun + work.

A compound of gun + work

Middle English gunne

English gun

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

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Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc ‘labor’

Middle English work

English work

Today it means

noun The art or skill of firing a gun.

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