side arm

Noun side arm has 1 sense

• side arm(n = noun.artifact) handgun, pistol, shooting iron - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand;
has particulars: automatic, automatic pistol, derringer, forty-five, gat, rod, horse-pistol, horse pistol, peacekeeper, revolver, six-gun, six-shooter, saturday night special, semiautomatic, semiautomatic pistol, verey pistol, very pistol, zip gun
is a kind of firearm, piece, small-arm
has parts: gunstock, stock