Hotchkiss gun
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]After Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, American inventor.
Noun
[edit]Hotchkiss gun (plural Hotchkiss guns)
- (historical) 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.