gatling : Idioms & Phrases

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gatling gun

  • noun an early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated
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Gat"ling gun`
Etymology
From the inventor, R.J. Gatling.
Definitions
  1. An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired. ✍ The improved Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of 1,200 shots per minute. Farrow.
Webster 1913

richard jordan gatling

  • noun United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903)
    Gatling.
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