Definition of "gun-fire" [gun-fire]

• Milit., the hour at which the morning or evening gun is fired. (noun)
• The discharge of small arms or cannon. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Activists described tanks spraying machine gun-fire through neighborhoods and military aircraft hovering low in Homs."
• "Eventually the trio, hearing gun-fire, were located by an American unit led by Reginald Dozier."
• "There was so much gun-fire that the only way the men could move without getting hit was to low-crawl."