Meaning Of The Word Gatling gun

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What's The Definition Of Gatling gun?

gatling gun in British English
an early kind of machine gun having a cluster of barrels designed to be successively discharged automatically when rotated about an axis
kind of machinegun
noun: a hand-cranked automatic machine gun equipped with a rotating cluster of barrels that are fired in succession using brass cartridges
noun: an early type of machine gun consisting of a revolving cluster of barrels around a central axis, each barrel being automatically loaded and fired every revolution of the cluster

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