Rifling

(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.

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• 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. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The gunsmith was so impressed by the boy and his accomplishment that, after rifling the barrel, he fitted it with a lock. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They removed their prisoner to the ground and then commenced a systematic rifling of the vessel. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• He had no tools to cut the rifling. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The liner is a single piece which extends the length of the bore and is intended to contain the rifling and the powder chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• 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? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The rifling of the barrels of firearms is, however, of very ancient origin. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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