Definition of minute gun in US English:

noun

• A gun fired at intervals of a minute, especially at a funeral.

  Example sentences

  • ‘A coffin with the word “LIBERTY” in capital letters engraved upon it, was borne to the cemetery on the shoulders of eight men, while the minute gun was fired.’
  • ‘The army death reveille, the minute gun, the tolling of bells for the dead, the tocsin, etc., all have their roots in the attributes assigned to the primitive drum.’