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Gatling gun   /gˈætlɪŋ gən/   Listen
Gatling gun

noun
1.
An early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated.






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"Gatling gun" Quotes from Famous Books



... "You two-legged Gatling gun!" howled the fellow, shaking with rage and pain. He halted, shaking his fist in the direction from which the stones ...
— The Young Engineers in Nevada • H. Irving Hancock

... caustic of tongue, Rupert himself attended to the carrying out of the request and watched the rescuing car depart on its mission. Half an hour later the Titan rolled past, missing fire and running with a sound like a sick gatling gun. Bare-headed and without his mask, Corrie was driving with one hand and striving to aid his mechanician's efforts with the other, as they swept around the mile track. In gritting exasperation Rupert stared after them, then snatched up ...
— From the Car Behind • Eleanor M. Ingram

... do they know? Who saw little Willie last? What has been done to find him?" he fired at the clerk like the discharge of a Gatling gun. ...
— The Banner Boy Scouts - Or, The Struggle for Leadership • George A. Warren



Words linked to "Gatling gun" :   machine gun



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