Definition of "gunstock" [gun•stock]

• The handle of a gun. (noun)

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• ""We kept as many features, such as gunstock corners, to keep the house as authentic as possible."
• "The Old Well belongs to the citizens of North Carolina and if someone wants that image on a gunstock then fine with me."
• "It is the place to get fishing permits and marriage licenses—and to pick up a quick education in historic joinery: The 18th-century gunstock posts and exposed framing of hewn white oak put sheetrock and two-by-fours to shame."