DERRINGER


Meaning of DERRINGER in English

/der"in jeuhr/ , n.

an early short-barreled pocket pistol.

Also, deringer .

[ 1850-55, Amer.; named after Henry Deringer, mid-19th-century American gunsmith who invented it ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .