Orgue
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. 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.
2. 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.
Orgues
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. In the military art, long thick pieces of timber, pointed and
shod with iron and hung over a
gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
2. A machine composed of several
musket barrels united, by means of which several explosions are made at once to defend breaches.
