短たん筒づつ

noun

pistol; revolver

Refers to a short-barreled firearm, typically a handgun. The term is somewhat dated; modern Japanese more commonly uses ピストル or 拳銃.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで、侍さむらいが短たん筒づつを構かまえる場ば面めんがある。

  In period dramas, there are scenes where a samurai aims a pistol.