Usually means: Weapon mounted at ship's front.
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  1. chase gun: Merriam-Webster
  2. chase-gun, chase gun: Wordnik
  3. chase gun: Wiktionary
  4. Chase gun, chase gun: Dictionary.com
  5. Chase gun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. chase gun: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  (nautical) A gun moved temporarily from its normal broadside position to fire through the chase ports in the bow or stern of a ship.

Similar:
chase, chaser, stern chase, car chase, foot chase, chasse, cross-shot, chasings, chip, trap, more...

Opposite:
retreat gun, stern gun, aft gun

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Similar:
chase, chaser, stern chase, car chase, foot chase, chasse, cross-shot, chasings, chip, trap, more...

Opposite:
retreat gun, stern gun, aft gun



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