bow² n Attrib bow-gunner: in the seal-hunt, principal marksman who shoots old or mature seals; see also GUNNER 1.
   1942 BONNYCASTLE ii, 129 He has likewise his long sealing gun, if he is intended as a bow or after gunner, or, in other words, as an expert marksman, to shoot the animals. 1873 Maritime Mo i, 254 [The bow or after gunners] rank before the 'bat-men,' and obtain a trifling remuneration additional by the remission of their 'berth money.' 1878 TOCQUE 307 The bow or chief gunner...

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