Lewis gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lewis gun
First recorded in 1910–15; named after I. N. Lewis
Example Sentences
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With the assistance of a few Sikhs and one Lewis gun we could hold this legation, if Italians arrive within a few days.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is ten pounds lighter and five inches shorter than the old army pattern Lewis gun, is gas-operated and air-cooled.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later he used a Lewis gun stripped of its radiator and casing, which fired "a wonderfully dispersed pattern."
From Time Magazine Archive
This will be made in Britain under a patent agreement as with the Lewis gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had the Lewis gun on our upper wing and the Vickers down below, that shoots through the propeller as the propeller turns around.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
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