mitrailleuse


mitrailleuse

(ˌmɪtraɪˈɜːz) or

mitrailleur

n1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an early form of breech-loading machine gun having several parallel barrels2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) any French machine gun[C19: from French, from mitraille small shot, from Old French mistraille pieces of money, from mite2]