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Definition of: Gatling gun
(gat′ling)
An early machine-gun having numerous barrels rotating about a central axis, each being loaded and discharged as it was brought to firing position by the turning of a crank. [after R. J. Gatling, 1818–1903, U.S. inventor]
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