Bren gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bren gun
1935–40; Br(no) , Moravia + En ( field ), England, towns of manufacture
Example Sentences
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Only three weeks before the outbreak of the war did the British military discover that Bren gun carriers and small tanks could negotiate water-covered rice fields.
From Time Magazine Archive
Czechoslovakia, whose famed Bren gun as well as the Skoda Works' howitzers made the country second only to Britain as a weapons merchant in the 1930s, has dropped from the big leagues.
From Time Magazine Archive
I went with a captain called Peter in his Bren gun carrier.
From Time Magazine Archive
Across the pale green of awakening countryside, endless convoys lurched, Bren gun carriers clattered, jeeps buzzed and tanks clanked.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Downing shot out orders, threats, and penalties with the rapidity of a Bren gun.
From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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