"Gatling gun" meaning in English

See Gatling gun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡætlɪŋ ˌɡʌn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Gatling gun.wav Forms: Gatling guns [plural]
Etymology: Named after American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|inventor||||}} inventor, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Richard Jordan Gatling}} Richard Jordan Gatling, {{named-after|en|Richard Jordan Gatling|nationality=American|nocat=1|occupation=inventor|wplink==}} Named after American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gatling gun (plural Gatling guns)
  1. A type of gun, similar to a modern machine gun, with several barrels on a rotating frame. Wikipedia link: Gatling gun Categories (topical): Firearms, Weapons Synonyms (machine gun with several barrels): rotary machine gun, rotary cannon, minigun Translations (a type of machine gun): кърте́чница Га́тлинг (kǎrtéčnica Gátling) [feminine] (Bulgarian), metralladora Gatling [feminine] (Catalan), 加特林机枪 (jiātèlín jīqiāng) (Chinese), 加特林機槍 (Chinese), 加特林机枪 (Jiātèlínjī qiāng) (Chinese), Gatlingův kulomet (Czech), gatling (Finnish), gatling [feminine] (French), Gatling-Kanone (German), ガトリング砲 (gatoringu gan) (Japanese), गॅट्लिंग बंदूक (gĕṭliṅga bandūk) [feminine] (Marathi), gatlingvåpen (Norwegian), مسلسل گاتلینگ (mosalsal-e gâtling) (Persian), kartaczownica Gatlinga [feminine] (Polish), metralhadora Gatling [feminine] (Portuguese), Gatling [feminine] (Portuguese), пулемёт Га́тлинга (pulemjót Gátlinga) [masculine] (Russian), Гетлингов систем [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cañón Gatling [masculine] (Spanish), gatlingkanon [common-gender] (Swedish)

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