Winchester rifle

American  

noun

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

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Winchester rifle British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Winchester rifle

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

Example Sentences

She argued further that “a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.”

From Washington Post

The ad shows her firing a 12-gauge Weatherby shotgun used to hunt dove and quail, a .270 Winchester rifle for deer hunting, and “her favorite” .44 Magnum revolver.

From Washington Times

They tied up their horses and were heading inside when the sergeant asked Tom where his Winchester rifle was.

From Literature

Lin McAdam wins a sharp-shooting contest and claims a Winchester rifle as a prize.

From Los Angeles Times

He never went hunting, but he could prop a Winchester rifle on a fence and shoot into the mouth of a Coca-Cola bottle fifty feet away and not even chip the glass, except for the hole at the bottom where the bullet came out.

From Literature