1592954090000 980899200000 term-87590 1616541447090 981019487000 1616290369835 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-87590 bb50df8d-511f-3166-9504-4fced4c8c6a3 2 1 scope note Short-barrelled shotguns with a wide bore expanding gradually throughout its length, typically terminating in a flared or thickened muzzle, and often carrying a spring-activated bayonet that folded back along the barrel when not in use. They were designed to fire a quantity of shot at once against a mass of opponents, and were popular weapons for defending stage coaches, ships, and prisons from the 17th to the 19th century. reference term-87569 adlib-term-87569 1e8fa9db-01f5-3dd9-9cb2-3d316bfa3653 blunderbuss V.TK.AFU.BOK.AFU.AFU.ALO.AFU.ARI.BOK.AFU 1 code V.TK.AFU.BOK.AFU.AFU.ALO.AFU.ARI.BOK.AFU 1 blunderbusses reference term-87591 adlib-term-87591 9e72d0f6-febf-31db-a620-a1d4636e509c shotguns blunderbusses term