queen's-arm

The colonial rifle covered the retreat of the British queen's-arm, if retreat such a rout as Braddock's could be called.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

"'S a bear, 's a bear, give him gowdy!" cried Colwell; and Uncle Walter laid his best eye on his old queen's-arm, and fired.

Summerfield or, Life on a Farm Day Kellogg Lee

He pointed upward to an ancient sword with belt and trappings which gleamed on the paneled chimney-piece, crossed by an old queen's-arm.

In Exile and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892

And the favorite resting-place for the old queen's-arm or fowling-piece was on hooks over the kitchen fireplace.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

I shou'dered queen's-arm an 'stumped out, an' wen I come t 'th' swamp,

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

I shou'dered queen's-arm an 'stumped out, an' wen I come t 'th' swamp,

The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855

"Wal, make ready with your birch candle and your axe; and come over and get my old queen's-arm musket, and go with us.

Summerfield or, Life on a Farm Day Kellogg Lee