Brenn.

Brit.

/brɛn/, U.S.

/brɛn/

Etymology: < Brno, a town in Czechoslovakia, where the gun was originally made + first syllable of Enfield, Middlesex, England, seat of a small-arms factory.

In full, Bren gun. A type of light, quick-firing machine-gun. Also attributive, as Bren carrier n. (also Bren gun carrier) a small bullet-proof tracked vehicle, designed to carry the Bren gun and its crew.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > armed or armoured > small armoured vehicle

tankette1918

Bren carrier1937

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > types of

mitrailleuse1867

mitrailleur1869

Gatling gun1870

light machine gun1883

Gardner1884

Maxim1884

volley gun1884

Nordenfelt1885

Maxim1888

camel-gun1891

Maxim–Nordenfeldt gun1898

pom-pom1899

bomb Maxim1900

Lewis (machine) gun1913

Spandau guna1918

Vickers1917

LMG1922

Spandau1929

Bren1937

1937 Times 29 Sept. 6/3 Use of the Bren Gun.

1939 War Illustr. 28 Oct. 200 A long train of Bren gun carriers is passing towards the front.

1940 Times Weekly 7 Aug. 8/4 A motor-cyclist detachment of the Lancashire Fusiliers followed by their Bren carriers.

1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 67 The steady rattle of an automatic, a Lewis or a Bren.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bren
释义	Brenn. Brit. /brɛn/, U.S. /brɛn/ Etymology: < Brno, a town in Czechoslovakia, where the gun was originally made + first syllable of Enfield, Middlesex, England, seat of a small-arms factory. In full, Bren gun. A type of light, quick-firing machine-gun. Also attributive, as Bren carrier n. (also Bren gun carrier) a small bullet-proof tracked vehicle, designed to carry the Bren gun and its crew. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > armed or armoured > small armoured vehicle tankette1918 Bren carrier1937 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > types of mitrailleuse1867 mitrailleur1869 Gatling gun1870 light machine gun1883 Gardner1884 Maxim1884 volley gun1884 Nordenfelt1885 Maxim1888 camel-gun1891 Maxim–Nordenfeldt gun1898 pom-pom1899 bomb Maxim1900 Lewis (machine) gun1913 Spandau guna1918 Vickers1917 LMG1922 Spandau1929 Bren1937 1937 Times 29 Sept. 6/3 Use of the Bren Gun. 1939 War Illustr. 28 Oct. 200 A long train of Bren gun carriers is passing towards the front. 1940 Times Weekly 7 Aug. 8/4 A motor-cyclist detachment of the Lancashire Fusiliers followed by their Bren carriers. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 67 The steady rattle of an automatic, a Lewis or a Bren. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1937
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