"Nordenfelt gun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Nordenfelt guns [plural]
Etymology: Named after the Swedish steel producer and banker Thorsten Nordenfelt, who funded its development. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Nordenfelt gun (plural Nordenfelt guns)
  1. (firearms, historical) 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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Firearms

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