Hotchkiss gun
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.
Noun[edit]
Hotchkiss gun (plural Hotchkiss guns)
- (historical) 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.