(n) :
A type of repeating firearm with several barrels on a rotating frame, in use from the 1860s to the 1910s, providing fully automatic fire similar to that of modern machine guns and autocannons.
(n) :
(slang, loosely) Any of various later weapons with a similar concept of operation (spinning a rotating set of barrels).
(n) :
A type of repeating firearm with several barrels on a rotating frame, in use from the 1860s to the 1910s, providing fully automatic fire similar to that of modern machine guns and autocannons.
(n) :
(slang, loosely) Any of various later weapons with a similar concept of operation (spinning a rotating set of barrels).