gunstock n 1: the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" [syn: {stock}, {gunstock}]
gunstock \gun"stock`\ (g[u^]n"st[o^]k`), n. The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened. [1913 Webster]