Definition of "field-gun" [field-gun]

• A light cannon mounted on a carriage, used in manœuvers in the field. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It required no revolution of his nature to learn to calculate the range and fire a field-gun or to march the goose-step."
• "The enemy were German or Austrian, and they had a field-gun."
• "Once more the mist had fled, and across the hollow I saw a field-gun in place and men around it who were not Turkish."