pepperbox

Noun

Meaning

A pepper shaker.

(firearms) A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis.

A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.

(architecture) A tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker.

(architecture, slang, chiefly in the plural) Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.

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