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Browning, n.2|ˈbraʊnɪŋ| The name of John M. Browning (1855–1926) of Ogden, Utah, U.S.A., applied attrib. to various weapons ranging from pistols to machine-guns, esp. automatic ones, designed by him. Also ellipt.
1905Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 5/2 Hohental fired all the seven chambers of a Browning revolver at Herr Johnsson. 1906Ibid. 6 Jan. 8/1 The party of freedom have to depend on revolvers, especially the ‘Brownings’. 1906Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 6/3 They were armed with Mauser pistols and Brownings. 1964H. L. Peterson Encycl. Firearms 68/1 Successful Browning automatic-weapon designs include the..Browning Automatic rifle M1918, the recoil operated Browning machine guns Model 1917 and Model 1919, [etc.]. |