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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Winchester rifle1

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

Origin of Winchester rifle1

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

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

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

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

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

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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