organ gun

organ gun

English

the "machine infernale", an early 19th century organ gun

Konrad Kyeser's "Bellifortis" design of A.D. 1405

Etymology

The multiple barrels were supposed to resemble a pipe organ.

Noun

organ gun (plural organ guns)

1. (weaponry) A large, portable firearm, normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession.

Synonyms

• infernal machine
• rabauld
• ribaudkin
• ribauldequin
• ribault

Hypernyms

• volley gun

Translations

firearm

Finnish: tuiskupyssy, urkupyssy (fi)

German: Orgelgeschütz n