The running in of a gun when discharged, which backward motion is caused by the force of the fire.
·vt To draw or go back. II. Recoil ·noun The state or condition of having recoiled. III. Recoil ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
This was effected by securing the breeching while the gun was run out: often practised in small vess...
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