Hotchkiss gun

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.

Noun[edit]

Hotchkiss gun (plural Hotchkiss guns)

  1. (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.
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