What is "long tom"

Long \Long\, a. [Compar. Longer; superl. Longest.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[*a]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. Length, Ling a fish, Linger, Lunge, Purloin.]

1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.

3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.

4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.

   The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against the tournament, which is not long.
   --Spenser.

5. Having a length of the specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.

6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.''
   --Burke.

7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.

8. (Finance & Com.) Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. Contrasted to short. Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as, long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned, long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded, etc. In the long run, in the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually. Long clam (Zo["o]l.), the common clam ( Mya arenaria) of the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also soft-shell clam and long-neck clam. See Mya. Long cloth, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality. Long clothes, clothes worn by a young infant, extending below the feet. Long division. (Math.) See Division. Long dozen, one more than a dozen; thirteen. Long home, the grave. Long measure, Long meter. See under Measure, Meter. Long Parliament (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell, April 20, 1653. Long price, the full retail price. Long purple (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis mascula. --Dr. Prior. Long suit

   1. (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally more than three cards.
      --R. A. Proctor.

   2. One's most important resource or source of strength; as, as an entertainer, her voice was her long suit. Long tom.

      1. A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of a vessel.

      2. A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western U.S.]

   3. (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.

      Long wall (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work progresses, except where passages are needed.

      Of long, a long time. [Obs.]
      --Fairfax.

      To be long of the market, or To go long of the market, To be on the long side of the market, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated price; -- opposed to short in such phrases as, to be short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See Short.

      To have a long head, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.

n. (context historical English) Any of various early cannon and field guns.

n. a long swivel cannon formerly used by the navy

Long Tom was the first Australian sounding rocket. It was first launched from the Woomera Test Range in October 1957. It was a two-stage rocket developed to test the ranges instrumentation for later projects. It was superseded by the HAD and HAT sounding rockets in the early 1960s.

Long Tom is a generic name for some early age cannon and field guns, used both on land as at sea.

More specifically it was used for :

• 155 mm Long Tom, a U.S. World War II era field gun
• 155 mm Creusot Long Tom, a Boer War field gun
• 64-pounder Long Tom, a U.S. Civil War cannon
• 42-pounder Long Tom, as found on the General Armstrong (1812)
• 24-or 32-pound "Long Tom" cannon, as found on the American or Spanish Guerrero
• 18-pound Long Tom, as found on the American privateer Decatur

Category:Field artillery

Long Tom may refer to:

• Long Tom River, in Oregon, United States
• Long Tom Pass, a mountain pass in Mpumalanga, South Africa
• Long Tom Commando, a light infantry regiment of the South African Army
• Long Tom (fish), common name for the Belonidae or Needlefish
• Long Tom (rocket), an Australian sounding rocket
• Long Tom (cannon), a generic name for some early cannon and field guns, more specifically:
  • 155 mm Long Tom, a U.S. World War II era field gun
  • 155 mm Creusot Long Tom, a Boer War field gun
• Long Tom, a chimney pot approximately 4 to 6 feet tall (1.2 to 1.8 m)
• Major Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts, fictional character in the Doc Savage stories
• "Long Tom" Watson, protagonist in the Long Tom's treasure legend