| Maxim gun n. An early, water-cooled, automatic machine gun having a single barrel. [After Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim.] |
Maxim gun [ˈmæksɪm]
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel and utilizing the recoil force of each shot to maintain automatic fire
[named after Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916), its US-born British inventor]
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| Noun | 1. |  Maxim gun - an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrelmachine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) |
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