Category:Orgue

Orgue, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. organum organ, gr. Organ.] (mil.) (a) 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. (b) 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.