Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of resisting balls from firearms; impenetrable by bullets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms; bulletproof.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Incapable of being
penetrated byballs fromfirearms ;bulletproof .
Etymologies
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ball + -proof
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Examples
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Rendered ballproof, and protected by an iron cone, and mounted on a four-wheeled carriage, it can be readily moved from place to place or kept on march with an army.
Steam-Battery 1861
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