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Gunroom
CIDE DICTIONARY
Gunroom, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Gunroom, n. Brit.
1 a room in a house for storing sporting-guns.
2 quarters for junior officers (orig. for gunners) in a warship.
1 a room in a house for storing sporting-guns.
2 quarters for junior officers (orig. for gunners) in a warship.
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