Lewis gun

noun

a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.

Lewis gun

a light air-cooled drum-fed gas-operated machine gun used chiefly in World War I

First recorded in 1910–15; named after I. N. Lewis

C20: named after I. N. Lewis (1858–1931), US soldier

Those that did were easily dispersed with machine-gun and Lewis-gun fire.

The setting sun revealed something shining that looked like the barrel of a Lewis gun.

Tactically we were at the disposal of the 25th Division, to whom we lent one or two Lewis Gun teams.

The camera exactly replaced the ammunition magazine on a Lewis gun.

One regiment took a Lewis-gun after them, and other folk chased them in motor-cars.

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