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Colt, n.2 orig. U.S.|kəʊlt|
[f. the name of Colt (see below).]
A firearm of a type invented by Samuel Colt (1814–62), esp. a type of repeating pistol (patented 1835). Freq. in the possessive and attrib.
1838in J. H. Easterby S. Carolina Rice Plantation (1945) 84 Have you seen any of Colts patent repeating rifles? 1840Spirit of Times 5 Sept. 319/1 (Weingarten), If you have any of Colt's revolving pistols take that along. 1852E. G. Squier Nicaragua II. 92, I made a mental resolve..to appeal to my ‘Colt’, before admitting any too familiar approaches. 1854J. R. Bartlett Personal Narrative I. ii. 19 All were provided with rifles or carbines, and many of the cavalry with Colt's revolvers. 1855Knickerbocker XLV. 190 John just then handing me my ‘Colt's’..I dashed over the picket. 1880A. A. Hayes New Colorado (1881) xiii. 177 ‘What kind of shooting-iron have you?’ he asked. ‘Navy Colt?’ 1907Greener Gun (ed.8) 517 The automatic Colt or ‘Browning’ pistol, is made in five different models... The magazine capacity is seven shots, and after its insertion in the handle the slide is drawn once to the rear by hand. 1908G. K. Chesterton Man who was Thursday iii. 46 He caught up the Colt's revolver and took aim at Syme. 1908C. E. Mulford Orphan xi. 137 ‘That's enough, Sherriff,’ said Tex, moving cautiously forward behind his levelled Colt. 1911J. London Adventure v. 65 A woman qualified to wear a Baden-Powell and a long-barrelled Colt's. 1970R. Garrett Run Down i. 57 A big Peacemaker Colt. |