Nordenfelt gun
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Named after the Swedish steel producer and banker Thorsten Nordenfelt, who funded its development.
Noun
[edit]Nordenfelt gun (plural Nordenfelt guns)
- (firearms, historical) A kind of organ gun having a row of up to twelve barrels, and fired by pulling a lever back and forth, with ammunition fed by gravity through a chute for each barrel.