Gomer2
(ˈgəʊmə(r))
[f. the name of the inventor, a French officer under Napoleon I.]
Gomer chamber, a conical chamber with spherical bottom used in smooth-bore guns and mortars. Hence Gomer-chambered, Gomer mortar, etc.
| 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 135 To find the Content of a Gomer, or other Conical Chamber. 1858 Greener Gunnery 211 The use of the Gomer form of chamber, is nearly universal in brass guns. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 88 Cartridges for ‘Gomer’ Chambered Guns. Ibid. 92, 8-inch Gomer mortars. 1876 in Voyle Milit. Dict. |