What's the difference between orgue and touchhole?

Orgue


Definition:

  • (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.

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Touchhole


Definition:

  • (n.) The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.

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