■ noun Brit. an automatic quick-firing two-pounder cannon of the Second World War period, typically mounted on a ship and used against aircraft.
Origin
C19: imitative of the sound of the discharge.
■ noun Brit. an automatic quick-firing two-pounder cannon of the Second World War period, typically mounted on a ship and used against aircraft.
Origin
C19: imitative of the sound of the discharge.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004