repeating firearm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repeating firearm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for repeating firearm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repeating firearm n a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading Synonym(s): repeating firearm, repeater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeating \Re*peat"ing\, a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. {Repeating circle}. See the Note under {Circle}, n., 3. {Repeating decimal} (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under {Decimal}. {Repeating firearm}, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See {Revolver}, and {Magazine gun}, under {Magazine}.