Winchester rifle

noun

1. a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.

Winchester rifle

noun

1. a breech-loading lever-action repeating rifle with a tubular magazine under the barrel Often shortened toWinchester

Word History and Origins

Origin of Winchester rifle¹

1870–75; named after D. F. Winchester (1810–80), American manufacturer

Word History and Origins

Origin of Winchester rifle¹

C19: named after O. F. Winchester (1810–80), US manufacturer

Example Sentences

A Winchester rifle hung in a leather scabbard on the kitchen wall, and Limber lifted it down.

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One size had been fired from a Winchester rifle; the others, much more numerous, belonged to a Marlin.

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I had a Winchester rifle that had sixteen loaded cartridges; I fired several shots at the Indians.

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He was unable to recover the body of the Zanzibari, or his Winchester rifle.

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The next thing, I put my Winchester rifle and revolver in the wagon and then trudged along the best I could.

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