mitrailleuse
Americannoun
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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of mitrailleuse
C19: from French, from mitraille small shot, from Old French mistraille pieces of money, from mite ²
Example Sentences
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Then what about the mitrailleuse aboard the plane?
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Beach, Charles Amory
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 Malins, Geoffrey H.
In French, however, canon is the term applied to the barrel of small arms, and also, as an alternative to mitrailleuse or mitrailleur, to machine guns, as well as to ordnance properly so-called.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Two 4-pounder, one mitrailleuse battery. 2nd Infantry Division: General Bataille. 1st Brigade: General Pouget. 12th battalion of Chasseurs. 8th and 23rd Line regiments. 2nd Brigade: General Fauvart-Bastoul. 66th and 67th Line regiments.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
To save myself from a second dive I clutched hold of the mitrailleuse.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.
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