gassner

A long metal or wooden implement used during 16th - 17th century warfare (primarily between ships at sea)to stuff gunpowder and filler into a cannon prior to firing.

"Good god man, fetch the gassner with haste before we all get blown out of the water!"

Deckhand 1: "The gassner is jammed in the barrel! What shall we do?"
Deckhand 2: "Fire it to sea and I'll go fetch another below deck."

by Ejay Zvekicram January 7, 2009