English Explanatory Dictionary

Nordenfelt gun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of organ gun having a row of up to twelve barrels, and fired by pulling a lever back and forth, with ammunition fed by gravity through a chute for each barrel.

Word forms

Nordenfelt gun Nordenfelt guns

Etymology

Named after the Swedish steel producer and banker Thorsten Nordenfelt, who funded its development.

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