Gatling gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gatling gun
1860–65, named after R. J. Gatling (1818–1903), U.S. inventor
Example Sentences
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RTX’s Raytheon business has fielded inquiries about supply of its Phalanx rapid-fire Gatling gun, according to Jennifer Gauthier, Raytheon vice president for naval systems and sustainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Probably the construction of the rotating film in a camera came from the Gatling gun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
The Gatling gun from the United States could fire three thousand bullets per minute.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
He ascended to the NFL beat at the Washington Times, and one colleague later wrote that Hurney’s “prose had the lyrical quality of a Gatling gun, but he could find news.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2021
Instead of separate moulds standing about a stove to get ready for the pouring, there are moulds in nests, or cylinders, resembling a Gatling gun, or a tubular boiler.
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock
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