A kind of heavy pistol or hand-gun formerly in use.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > pistol > types of (31) dag1587 A kind of heavy pistol or hand-gun formerly in use. key gun1607 (a) a key likened to a gun; (b) a small pistol formed from a key with a hollow shank filled with gunpowder; cf. key pistol n. pocket pistol1612 A pistol small enough to be carried in a pocket. key pistol1663 = key gun n. (b). holster-pistol1679 troop pistol1688 horse pistol1704 a large pistol carried at the pommel of the saddle when on horseback. screw-barrel1744 A screw barrel gun. saddle pistol1764 a pistol designed to be carried in the holster of a saddle (see holster, n.). air pistol1780 †(a) a pistol in which the propelling power is the explosive force of inflammable gases (obsolete); (b) a pistol (esp. one used in sport and… Wogdon1786 A type of duelling pistol made by Robert Wogdon or the company he founded. belt pistol1833 a pistol designed to be worn on a belt. dueller1835 A pistol designed to be used in a duel, typically forming one of a pair in which both pistols are designed to be identical, so that neither… Colt1838 A firearm of a type invented by Samuel Colt, esp. a type of repeating pistol (patented 1835). Frequently in the possessive and attributive. tickler1844 Something that tickles or is used for tickling. A small knife or pistol carried on the person (U.S. colloquial). Derringer1853 A small pistol with large bore, very effective at short range. Also attributive. cocking pistol1858 a pistol that must be cocked manually, as opposed to one which is cocked automatically as the trigger is pulled. belt size1866 U.S. A handgun designed (esp. in respect of its size) to be worn on a belt. Now historical and rare. bulldozer1880 Originally and chiefly U.S. A large-calibre pistol. Cf. persuader, n. 2a. Obsolete. saloon pistol1899 Luger1904 Used attributively or absol. to designate a German type of automatic pistol. Cf. Parabellum, n. Police Positive1905 a type of Colt revolver. Steyr1920 Used attributively and absol. to designate a kind of automatic pistol made in Steyr. Saturday-night pistol1929 = Saturday-night special n. muff pistol1938 the smallest size of 19th-century pocket pistol, believed by some to have been designed to be carried in a muff (but see quot. 1969). PPK1946 a type of small pistol. Makarov1958 A type of self-loading pistol. Saturday-night special1959 a cheap, low-calibre handgun such as might be used by a petty criminal. puffer1963 A type of late 16th-century German wheel-lock pistol, used as a cavalry weapon, and characterized by having a ball on the end of the butt; (also)… snub nose1979 slang (chiefly U.S.). A snub-nosed handgun; = snubby, n. snubby1981 A small, cheap, short-barrelled handgun; a snub-nosed revolver. |
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