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Meaning Of Orgue
n.
Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed
and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a
gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
n.
A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket
barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their
touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.