Feuerwaffe

Definitions of Feuerwaffe
  1. noun
    a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
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    types:
    Gewehr
    a portable gun
    Pistole, Revolver, Schießeisen
    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
    Schrotgewehr
    firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
    type of:
    Waffe
    any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
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