a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I. Also called Lewis automatic, Lewis machine gun .
[ 1910-15; named after I. N. LEWIS ]
a light, air-cooled, gas-operated machine gun with a circular magazine, first used in World War I. Also called Lewis automatic, Lewis machine gun .
[ 1910-15; named after I. N. LEWIS ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012