mitrailleuse
Americannoun
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mitrailleuses
plural
noun
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an early form of breech-loading machine gun having several parallel barrels
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any French machine gun
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Etymology
Origin of mitrailleuse
C19: from French, from mitraille small shot, from Old French mistraille pieces of money, from mite ²
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Placing my camera by the side of the mitrailleuse, I sat by my chauffeur, and we started off for the French lines.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Geoffrey H. Malins
Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General de Castagny. 1st Brigade: General Cambriels. 15th Chasseur battalion. 19th and 41st Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Duplessis. 69th and 90th Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
"At what range is the head of yonder column?" he asked, addressing the captain in charge of the mitrailleuse section.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
This was a crack mitrailleuse company of Brussels.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 3rd Infantry Division: General Dumont. 1st Brigade: General Bordas. 52nd and 72nd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Bittard des Portes. 82nd and 83rd Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
"Make way, guns, mitrailleuses, and cannons," cried Briand, "for understanding, arbitration and peace!"
From Time Magazine Archive
At six o'clock the 61st reached the Moulineaux, defended by gendarmes; these were soon forced to retreat to Meudon, strongly occupied by a Versaillese brigade entrenched in the villas and provided with mitrailleuses.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
At Périgueux, the workmen of the railway station seized the mitrailleuses.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
They usually do, as the majority of German aeronauts carry only rifles; the French now all have mitrailleuses.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
And when now the 1st Battalion of the 56th Regiment advanced from Point du Jour, its drums beating the charge, the French carried away their mitrailleuses and evacuated Les Mortes Aures.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Count Helmuth
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