hotchkiss gun

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hotchkiss gun, [After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-85), American inventor.].

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. It is made in France. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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