gunsight
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gunsight
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From gun + sight.
noun gunsights
- An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.
- In particular, especially in allusions and comparisons, a notch. I could just see the nick, like a gunsight, in the ridge of rock through which the road passes into the coastal plain of Tihamah. The nick is called Bab al-Naqah, the Gate of the She-Camel, after an unmistakable humped rock by the road.
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Talk about this word "gunsight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gunsight. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gunsight. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gunsight "gunsight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gunsight.
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@misc{gunsight_2026,
title = {gunsight},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gunsight},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
