(definition) by Webster 1913 Sat Jan 07 2006 at 4:08:00

Hotch"kiss gun (?) [After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-85), American inventor.]

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. It is made in France.

 

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