mitrailleuse
Americannoun
PLURAL
mitrailleusesnoun
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an early form of breech-loading machine gun having several parallel barrels
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any French machine gun
Etymology
Origin of mitrailleuse
C19: from French, from mitraille small shot, from Old French mistraille pieces of money, from mite ²
Example Sentences
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His anxiety is most apparent on La Mitrailleuse - a stark, foreboding composition where McCluskey intones the phrase "bend your body to the will of the machine" over a rhythm track constructed from machine gun fire.
From BBC
It was inspired by a trip to the Imperial War Museum, where the musician came across a painting - also called La Mitrailleuse - by Christopher Nevinson.
From BBC
In one, called La Mitrailleuse, or the machine gun, four soldiers - one dead, three living - are depicted at a machine gun post.
From BBC
The problem of the Connecticut man is how to do the most work in the shortest time, whether by means of a sewing-machine, a Colt, or a mitrailleuse.
From Project Gutenberg
This victory was very pluckily gained by Chief Bob Manuel and his people, who were greatly assisted in the defence of their position by having been supplied at an opportune moment with a mitrailleuse by one of the European traders in the New Calabar river.
From Project Gutenberg
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