noun
Gatling
noun
1
A rapid-fire gun with several rotating barrels, an early forerunner of the modern machine gun.
"The museum display included a Civil War-era gatling mounted on a wagon carriage."
How to Use Gatling
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA hand-cranked, multi-barrel rapid-fire gun from the 1800s.
Common pairings
gatling gun
Word Forms
Gatlings plural
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Etymology
Named after Richard Gatling, the American inventor who patented the gun in 1862.