Hotchkiss gun

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounHotchkiss gun (plural Hotchkiss guns)

plural Hotchkiss guns

  1. historicalA 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.

Origin

After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.

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Hotchkiss gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hotchkiss%20gun

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“Hotchkiss gun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hotchkiss%20gun. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hotchkiss gun,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hotchkiss%20gun.

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