long Tom

English

Noun

long Tom (plural long Toms)

  1. (historical) Any of various early cannon and field guns.
  2. (photography) A high-powered lens for long-distance filming or photography.
    • 1976, David Hodgson, All about action photography, page 43:
      Digging around second-hand shops you may come across an old newspaper or picture agency 'Long Tom' lens.
    • 1983, The Photographic Collector (volumes 4-5, page 87)
      One of the last 'Long Toms' produced for Fleet Street, it was used by a Daily Mirror photographer on Coronation Day, 2 June 1953.
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