WINCHESTER


Meaning of WINCHESTER in English

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).

Etymology: O. F. Winchester d. 1880, US manufacturer of the rifle

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.