single-barrelled

The single-barrelled Morgan was offered a staff job on Bizarre in 1988, becoming editor of the column within a year.

From the archive, 31 January 1994: Piers Morgan appointed editor of the News of the World 2012

The 12-member group took away a single-barrelled breach-loading gun and Rs. 54,000 in cash from the house.

Mangalore: Naxals take away gun, cash from house Abhay N 2007

We had only gone a few paces when a rather wretched - looking setter-dog ran out from behind a bushy willow to meet us, and behind him appeared a man of middle height, in a blue and much-worn greatcoat, a yellow waistcoat, and pantaloons of a nondescript grey colour, hastily tucked into high boots full of holes, with a red handkerchief round his neck, and a single-barrelled gun on his shoulder.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

On the bench lay a single-barrelled gun; in the corner lay a heap of rags; two great pots stood near the oven.

A Sportsman's Sketches 2003

He owned the dozen or so head of puny cattle which grazed in the savannah, a plantation of cassava, some banana and mango trees, a dog, and, unique in the neighbourhood, a single-barrelled, breech-loading shotgun.

The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

The only armament, if such it could be called, that it carried was a pair of insignificant little guns, single-barrelled, one mounted for'ard of the bridge, the other on the poop.

Partisans MacLean, Alistair 1982

Sam had a large horse pistol and a butcher knife; Jack had a revolver; Abe had a double-barrelled pistol and a large knife; Jim had a single-barrelled pistol and counted on "blowing a man down if any one touched" him.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

Bill also had a single-barrelled pistol, and when he started resolved to "come through or die."

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

As this flashed across his mind, he threw the rifle down and drew from his belt a single-barrelled pistol, with which he made at the warrior who was so safely throwing his arrows into his companion.

The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself de Witt C. Peters

The only gun he had to bring was a single-barrelled muzzle-loader which had belonged to his father.

Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Lewis Hough