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Winchester rifle

American

noun

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

Winchester rifle British

noun

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

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