Lewis gun
a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I.
Origin of Lewis gun
1- Also called Lewis automatic, Lewis machine gun .
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How to use Lewis gun in a sentence
Those that did were easily dispersed with machine-gun and Lewis-gun fire.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William BewsherThe setting sun revealed something shining that looked like the barrel of a Lewis gun.
"Over There" with the Australians | R. Hugh KnyvettTactically we were at the disposal of the 25th Division, to whom we lent one or two Lewis gun teams.
The Fifth Leicestershire | J.D. HillsThe camera exactly replaced the ammunition magazine on a Lewis gun.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict CrowellOne regiment took a Lewis-gun after them, and other folk chased them in motor-cars.
The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad | Edward John Thompson
British Dictionary definitions for Lewis gun
a light air-cooled drum-fed gas-operated machine gun used chiefly in World War I
Origin of Lewis gun
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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