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Martini-Henry
[ mahr-tee-nee-hen-ree ]
noun
- a breech-loaded .45 caliber rifle adopted in 1871 as the standard British service weapon, using a center-fire metallic cartridge filled with black powder.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Martini-Henry1
After Swiss inventor Friedrich von Martini (1833–97), who designed the breech mechanism, and B. T. Henry ( Henry ), who designed the barrel
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Example Sentences
As a weapon of precision the Snider is perhaps preferable to the Martini-Henry; but, of course, this is matter of opinion.
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I therefore loaded my Mannlicher, and my bearer did likewise with the Martini-Henry.
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Cartridge-belts were over their left shoulders, and Martini-Henry rifles, carried muzzle foremost, on their right.
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They were armed with the short Martini-Henry carbine, and drilled with equal steadiness to the European troopers.
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But there must have been several hundreds, and a very large portion were armed with Snider and Martini-Henry rifles.
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