pepperbox

Meaning

1. A pepper shaker.
2. A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis.
3. A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.
4. A tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker.
5. (in-plural, slang) Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.

Synonyms

pepper-box

pepper-pot

pepper grinder

peppershaker

turret

pepper pot

pepper

Translations

pimentero

poivrière

peperbus

Bündelrevolver

avispero

çabuk öfkelenen kimse

tepesi delikli biberlik

pepervaatje

Etymology

From pepper + box.