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Mannlicher|ˈmanlɪxər|
[f. the name of Mannlicher (see below).]
A firearm of a type invented by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher (1848–1904), esp. a type of sporting rifle. Also attrib.
The umlauted ä in the Kipling example is erroneous.
1884in H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Smoke of Battle (ed. 2) 16 (Advt.), The Mannlicher Rifle is the one of all the specimens of Repeating Arms..which seems to us the best arm for our soldiers. 1896T. F. Fremantle Notes on Rifle xi. 175 The ·256 Mannlicher is capable of making very fair shooting at these long ranges. 1902Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 20 My gun was too good, too uniform—shot as close as a Männlicher [Mannlicher, 1902 magazine publ.] rifle. 1922J. Buchan Huntingtower xiv. 267 McGuffog, who was a marksman, was also given a sporting Mannlicher. 1935E. Hemingway Green Hills Afr. (1936) i. ii. 46 There was the short-barrelled explosion of the Mannlicher. 1970I. V. Hogg Military Pistols & Revolvers 41/2 The Mannlicher uses a form of delayed blow⁓back action. |