Bofors gun

American  

[boh-fawrz, -fawrs] / ˈboʊ fɔrz, -fɔrs /

noun

1. a 40-millimeter automatic gun used chiefly as an antiaircraft weapon.

2. two such guns mounted and fired together as one unit.

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Bofors gun British  

/ ˈbəʊfəz /

noun

1. an automatic single- or double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun with a 40 millimetre bore

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Etymology

Origin of Bofors gun

First recorded in 1935–40; named after Bofors, Sweden, where first made

Example Sentences

Her personal favorite titles among her more than 50 feature-film credits included a few lesser-known '60s British dramas such as "Young Cassidy" and "The Bofors Gun."

From Los Angeles Times

As well as RAF sorties, the British military used gas-filled barrage balloons to deter the Luftwaffe, with searchlights piercing the night sky, and ground-based anti-aircraft weapons - like the Swedish-designed Bofors gun - firing up at German bombers.

From BBC

But while I was entertained, I found myself hungering for a hint of the political passion of John McGrath's Events While Guarding the Bofors Gun – a play that also shows squaddies confronting a would-be officer and which offers a far more thorough indictment of the military machine.

From The Guardian

But on the evidence of “Bofors Gun,” McGrath was far more than an agitprop agitator.

From New York Times

The same weekend I saw “Bofors Gun” and “Denial” I also visited the Royal Court Theater, the venerable cradle of angry young manhood.

From New York Times