English Explanatory Dictionary

Hotchkiss gun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket.

Word forms

Hotchkiss gun Hotchkiss guns

Etymology

After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.

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