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Webster 1913 Edition
Mitrailleuse
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Miˊtraˊilleuse′
,Noun.
[F., fr.
mitrailler
to fire grapeshot, fr. mitraille
old iron, grapeshot, dim. of OF. mite
a mite.] (Mil.)
A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly.
[obsolescent]