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Gatling|ˈgætlɪŋ|
[The name of the inventor.]
attrib. in Gatling gun, a form of machine gun, with a cluster of barrels into which the cartridges are automatically loaded at the breech, invented by Dr. R. J. Gatling, and first used in the American civil war (1861–65). Also Gatling simply.
1870Daily News 8 Sept. 6 A hundred more Gatling guns have been ordered in America. Ibid. 22 Sept., Yesterday two Gatling mitrailleuses were tried at Shoeburyness. 1872–6Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3) 259/1 This led to the introduction of the Gatling gun into the British army. Ibid. 259/2 Few Gatlings up to this date have been manufactured for the service. 1886Echo 25 Sept. 4/3 The firing was continued with big guns, gatlings and rifles. |