Gatling

[ gat-ling ]

/ ˈgæt lɪŋ /

Richard Jordan, 1818–1903, U.S. inventor.

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Our largest Gatling gun had been hoisted to that platform on our mast which is styled the “top.”
In the Track of the Troops|R.M. Ballantyne
Lieutenant Webb with a Gatling and twenty-four men went ashore to make a reconnoissance.
The Utah Batteries: A History|Charles R. Mabey
He was silent under her Gatling talk, chill-armored against her fire.
A Yankee from the West|Opie Read
When the Gatling had been placed, Captain Freeman handed his glass to the young sergeant.
Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines|H. Irving Hancock

It was the Gatling, at such close quarters, that now dismayed the brown men.
Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines|H. Irving Hancock