| maxim gun | (n) an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel |
| Maxim gun | A kind of machine gun; -- named after its inventor, |
| Vickers-Maxim gun | . (Ordnance) One of a system of ordnance, including machine, quick-fire, coast, and field guns, of all calibers, manufactured by the combined firms of Vickers' Sons of Sheffield and Maxim of Birmingham and elsewhere, England. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |