Orgue (?), n. [F., fr. L.
organum organ, Gr. ?. See Organ.] (Mil.)
(a) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of
timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate
rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
(b) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number
of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with
all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite
simultaneously.