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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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
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
Up on the double came a second company with a Lewis gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
This will be made in Britain under a patent agreement as with the Lewis gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their machine, an Avro, with an 80 horse-power Gnome engine, carried a Lewis gun, which had been mounted by them, against orders, on rope tackle of their own devising, just above the observer's seat.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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