Mauser
/ˈmaʊzə
/noun trademark
A make of firearm, especially a repeating rifle or semi-automatic pistol: [as modifier]: a Mauser rifle...
- I dropped the now useless pocket pistol and scrambled for the Mauser rifle that had dropped to the floorboards.
- He had his Mauser rifle slung over his shoulder and I had my Sten gun ready.
- And it - as well as the 1903 Springfield rifle for which it was designed - drew heavy influence from the Mauser rifle.
Origin
Late 19th century: named after Paul von Mauser (1838–1914), German inventor.
Rhymes
- (the) same to you!
- the sands (of time) are running out
- thesaurus
- the scales fall from someone's eyes
- the scheme of things
- the school of hard knocks
- the Scillies
- these
- the Secession
- these days
- these presents
- the Serpent
- Theseus
- the seven deadly sins
- the seven seas
- the seven-year itch
- the Seychelles
- the Shades
- the shape of things to come
- the sharp end
- the Shetlands
- the Shires
- the shirt off (or on) one's back
- the short end of the stick
- the sick man of ——