Etymology

vierling

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Today it means: A long firearm with four barrels (typically two shotgun barrels and two rifle barrels). Full definition →

German Vierling
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromVierling“gun with four barrels; quadruplet”
  2. English todayvierling

From German Vierling (“gun with four barrels; quadruplet”).

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