bren

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

bren(n = noun.artifact) bren gun - a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II; Array

is a kind of submachine gun

bren, v. t. & i. [See Burn.].

To burn. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

"Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall." [1913 Webster]

bren, n.

Bran. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

bren, n. (in full Bren gun) a lightweight quick-firing machine-gun.

Etymology

Brno in Czechoslovakia (where orig. made) + Enfield in England (where later made)