Dictionary

organ gun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/ (General-American)
• /ˌɔːɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From organ + gun. The multiple barrels of the device were thought to resemble the pipes of a pipe organ.

Meanings

1. (historical) A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.
   • The attempts to re-invest the artillery with its one-time superiority were directed in two channels: one aimed at perfecting shrapnel, which had been rather neglected up to this time (England, Prussia, Austria), while the other resurrected the mediaeval idea of the "barrel-organ gun," with a view of assembling a number of rifle barrels and of combining thereby the accuracy of the small arm with the moral effect of canister. 1911, William Balck, “VI. Machine Guns”, in Tactics, Volume 1: Introduction and Formal Tactics of Infantry, page 259:

Forms

Hypernyms

volley gun

Hyponyms

Nordenfelt gun

Synonyms

rabauld · ribauldequin · ribaudkin · mitrailleur · infernal machine · ribault

Translations (34)

es cañón de órgano (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · de Orgelgeschütz (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · ja オルガン砲 (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · pl organki (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · nb orgelbøsse (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · cmn 風琴炮 /风琴炮 (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · it organo (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · uk рибадекін (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · lmo orghen (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · fi urkupyssy (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · nl ribaudequin (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · fy oargelkanon (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · fa ریباولدکویین (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · uk органна гарма́та (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · fy ribaudequin (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · fi tuiskupyssy (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · be сарока (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · da ribauldequin (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · br ribauldequin (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · it ribadocchino (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · pcd ribaudkin (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · es ribadoquín (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · ru рибадекин (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · fr ribaudequin (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · he ריבודקן (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · sv orgelbössa (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · ka ორგანი (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · mr ऑर्गन बंदूक (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · de Ribauldequin (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · da orgelbøsse (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · br arm ograoù (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · sv salvbössa (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · ko 리볼데퀸 (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession) · be арга́н (portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession)

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