noun
gun; firearm; long-barreled gun
Archaic term for firearms, especially long-barreled guns like muskets or rifles. In modern Japanese, 銃 is read じゅう and 砲 is read ほう.
古文書には「つつ」と書いて鉄砲を指すことがある。
In old documents, つつ is sometimes written to refer to a gun.
Common historical term for guns, especially matchlock arquebuses. つつ is an older, more literary reading of the same kanji.
Modern standard reading for 'gun'. つつ is the archaic reading.
The reading つつ is an older Japanese reading of the kanji 銃 and 砲, predating the Sino-Japanese reading じゅう. Its exact origin is uncertain, but it appears in classical texts referring to firearms.