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After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 →
After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.