Rifling
['raɪflɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rifle
(n.) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
(n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
Typist: Terrence
Examples
- The feature of importance in the cannon which contributed most to its efficiency was the rifling of the bore with spiral grooves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The gunsmith was so impressed by the boy and his accomplishment that, after rifling the barrel, he fitted it with a lock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They removed their prisoner to the ground and then commenced a systematic rifling of the vessel. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He had no tools to cut the rifling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The liner is a single piece which extends the length of the bore and is intended to contain the rifling and the powder chamber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Was it not he of St Ives whom they tied to an oak-tree, and compelled to sing a mass while they were rifling his mails and his wallets? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The rifling of the barrels of firearms is, however, of very ancient origin. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Edited by Bradley