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Gatling

[ gat-ling ]

noun

  1. Richard Jordan, 1818–1903, U.S. inventor.


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Example Sentences

The Gatling soon made its way widely, and its rapidity of fire became a proverb.

Yo' dun work yo' snowballs lik da was comin' from a Gatling gun!

It is Christian countries that build ironclads and make cannon, gatling guns, deadly rifles, and terrible explosives.

It may appear that Morrison was training an able-bodied Gatling on a very small corporal's guard, and so wasting his ammunition.

She is caught, and the firing of rifles and Gatling-guns from the tops shows that she is hotly received.

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