mitrailleuse

Etymology

French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler (“to fire grapeshot”).

noun

  1. (historical, military) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.

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