gunmetal

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water)

From gun + metal.

Anthony was flashing a length of highly polished gunmetal in his fist. — Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China, George F. (George Frank) Worts
Broadway was black and shining as polished gunmetal, with reflections of its million lights staggering down into the wet asphalt. — Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole, Fannie Hurst
Dr. Conan Doyle says about this stage of the war:-- "The most incredulous must have recognised as he looked at the heap of splintered and shattered gunmetal (at Hector's Spruit) that the long War was at last drawing to a close." — My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War, Ben J. (Ben Johannis) Viljoen

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