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Gat·ling gun [ gáttling gùn ] (plural Gat·ling guns)

noun

Definition:

early machine gun: an early machine gun with multiple barrels firing in rotation

[Mid-19th century. After Richard Jordan Gatling (1818-1903), U.S. inventor]

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