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Synonyms for mitrailleuse

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mee-tra-yœz
Phonetic Transcription : mi traˈyœz

Définition of mitrailleuse

Origin :
  • kind of machine gun, from French mitrailleuse (19c.), from Old French mitaille (14c.) "small coins," hence "old iron, scrap iron," then "grapeshot;" originally a diminutive of mite "a small coin" (see mite (n.2)). "For sense development it should be borne in mind that orig. guns used to be loaded with scrap iron" [Klein].
  • As in machine gun : noun fast-action gun
Example sentences :
  • In Europe it became more popular than the French mitrailleuse.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • From it came a heavy rifle and mitrailleuse fire, but we did not respond.
  • Extract from : « A Soldier of the Legion » by Edward Morlae
  • We have the cuirassiers and the Turcos and ninety-six guns besides the mitrailleuse.
  • Extract from : « The Garden of Swords » by Max Pemberton
  • It was called a mitrailleuse, or a gun for firing grape-shot.
  • Extract from : « Inventions of the Great War » by A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
  • To save myself from a second dive I clutched hold of the mitrailleuse.
  • Extract from : « How I Filmed the War » by Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins
  • The words burst out from Sibley like bullets from a mitrailleuse.
  • Extract from : « Where the Path Breaks » by Charles de Crspigny
  • Only those who have danced to its music can know what the mitrailleuse means.
  • Extract from : « Average Americans » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • And he drew Allerdyce off the top of the mitrailleuse as one might gather a wet rag.
  • Extract from : « A Tatter of Scarlet » by S. R. Crockett
  • We examined the mitrailleuse, of which the world has heard so much of late.
  • Extract from : « E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life » by Mary A. Roe
  • As soon as the soldiers were within range she discharged the mitrailleuse at them.
  • Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary

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