WINCHESTER


Meaning of WINCHESTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwɪntʃɪstə ]

n. 1 propr. a breech-loading repeating rifle. 2 (in full Winchester disk) Computing a hermetically sealed data-storage device with high capacity (so called because its original numerical designation corresponded to that of the rifle's calibre). [O. F. Winchester d. 1880, US manufacturer of the rifle]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.