a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
"The historic town of Winchester served as the ancient capital and remains the county town of Hampshire today."
a shoulder rifle
"He picked up his grandfather's old Winchester from the shelf to show me its intricate woodwork."
A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
"The hunter carefully loaded his old Winchester rifle before setting off into the woods."
In plain English: A winchester is an old-fashioned rifle with a long barrel and a magazine that holds many bullets at once.
"The old Winchester rifle was hung on the wall above the fireplace."
A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.
"The historic Winchester Cathedral stands proudly at the heart of the old English city."
The name Winchester comes from Old English, which borrowed it from Latin to describe a town founded by Roman soldiers in Britain. While the city and its bottle share this ancient origin, the famous rifle takes its name from American businessman Oliver Winchester, who later inspired the naming of the computer disk format.