Etymology

Hotchkiss gun

Today it means: A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. Full definition →

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The story

After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.

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