Browning automatic rifle


noun
  1. an air-cooled, fully automatic rifle capable of firing 200 to 350 rounds per minute. Abbreviation: BAR

Origin of Browning automatic rifle

1
First recorded in 1900–05; named after J. M. Browning

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How to use Browning automatic rifle in a sentence

  • The concern prepared to make the Browning automatic rifle, the lighter gun, at a new factory at Meriden, Conn.

  • For the Browning automatic rifle and the Browning machine gun there were specially designed belts and bandoleers.