Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In gun-making, to cut spiral grooves in (the bore of a gun-barrel).
- To whet, as a scythe, with a rifle.
- To groove firearms spirally along the interior of the bore.
- To seize and bear away by force; snatch away.
- To rob; plunder; pillage: often followed by of.
- To raffle; dispose of in a raffle.
- To commit robbery or theft.
- To raffle; play at dice or some other game of chance wherein the winner secures stakes previously agreed upon.
- noun A bent stick standing on the butt of the handle of a scythe.
- noun An instrument used after the manner of a whetstone for sharpening scythes, and consisting of a piece of wood coated with sharp sand or emery, with a handle at one end.
- noun A firearm or a piece of ordnance having a barrel (or barrels) with a spirally grooved bore.
- noun A soldier armed with a rifle: so named at a time when the rifle was not the usual weapon of the infantry: as, the Royal Irish Rifles—that is, the 83d and 86th regiments of British infantry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.
- noun (Mil.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
- noun A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
- noun (Mil.) a trench for sheltering sharpshooters.
- transitive verb To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
- transitive verb To strip; to rob; to pillage.
- transitive verb obsolete To raffle.
- intransitive verb obsolete To raffle.
- intransitive verb rare To commit robbery.
- transitive verb To grove; to channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels.
- transitive verb To whet with a rifle. See
Rifle , n., 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long
firearm firing a single projectile, usually with arifled barrel to improveaccuracy . - verb to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- verb To add a
spiral to the interior of agun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improverange andaccuracy . - verb To
strike something with great power.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
- verb go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
- noun a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word rifle.
Examples
-
Yes | No | Report from sarg wrote 10 weeks 5 days ago kudukid, you are some what correct, but remember, a rifle is a lot stronger than a revolver, as stated, the back strap is the weakest point on a revolver, due to the rear sight at rear of strap, and flame cut at front of strap.
An Expert Gunsmith on Over-Pressure Rounds and Exploding Handguns 2009
-
Yes | No | Report from sarg wrote 10 weeks 5 days ago kudukid, you are some what correct, but remember, a rifle is a lot stronger than a revolver, as stated, the back strap is the weakest point on a revolver, due to the rear sight at rear of strap, and flame cut at front of strap.
An Expert Gunsmith on Over-Pressure Rounds and Exploding Handguns 2009
-
Second, the rifle is as you see it here — not a mark, not a scratch, not a ding, despite considerable use.
-
Second, the rifle is as you see it here — not a mark, not a scratch, not a ding, despite considerable use.
-
About 30 seconds after opening the shipping case at my local gunshop, however, and in direct contrast to the hand-written notes on the order form in the case, I noted the action on the rifle is a short action.
-
Jim in NC -- As long as a rifle is accurate and has a good trigger, Dave will like it no matter how much or little it costs.
-
So that Weaterby 300WSM, sub moa rifle is my favorite round and rifle for Wapiti, though the new Browning is also making a stron case for my field time.
Best Elk Rifle? 2009
-
So that Weaterby 300WSM, sub moa rifle is my favorite round and rifle for Wapiti, though the new Browning is also making a stron case for my field time.
Best Elk Rifle? 2009
-
Jim in NC -- As long as a rifle is accurate and has a good trigger, Dave will like it no matter how much or little it costs.
-
About 30 seconds after opening the shipping case at my local gunshop, however, and in direct contrast to the hand-written notes on the order form in the case, I noted the action on the rifle is a short action.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.