evening gun

English - Turkish

Definition of evening gun in English Turkish dictionary

(Askeri) BAYRAK İNDİRME TOPU: Bayrak indirme töreninde, bayrağın indirilmesi için top ile verilen işaret. Top, bu törende, boru ile çalınan en son nota duyulduktan sonra ateşlenir. Buna "retreat gun" da denir

(Askeri) bayrak indirme topu

English - English

Definition of evening gun in English English dictionary

The firing of a gun after the last note of the retreat, signalling the lowering of the flag at sunset; the gun thus fired

That life is not worth living the whole army of suicides declare,—an army whose roll-call, like the famous evening gun of the British army, follows the sun round the world and never terminates.

Hyphenation

eve·ning gun

Turkish pronunciation

ivnîng gʌn

Synonyms

retreat gun

Pronunciation

/ˈēvnəɴɢ ˈgən/ /ˈiːvnɪŋ ˈɡʌn/