rifling.html - n.
the arrangement of grooves on the inside of a gun's barrel.

rifling.html - n.
the arrangement of grooves on the inside of a gun's barrel.

rifling.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a gun with a long rifled barrel, esp. one fired from shoulder-level.
2 (in pl.) riflemen.

--v.

tr. make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin.

rifle bird any dark green Australian bird of paradise of the genus Ptiloris. rifle-range a place for rifle-practice. rifle-shot 1 the distance coverable by a shot from a rifle.
2 a shot fired with a rifle. [OF rifler graze, scratch f. Gmc]

rifling.html - v.tr. &
(foll. by through) intr.
1 search and rob, esp. of all that can be found.
2 carry off as booty. [ME f. OF rifler graze, scratch, plunder f. ODu. riffelen]

rifling.html - n.
(pl. -men)
1 a soldier armed with a rifle.
2 a small yellow and green New Zealand bird, Acanthisitta chloris.

rifling.html - n.
the arrangement of grooves on the inside of a gun's barrel.