Associations to the word «Rifling»

Wiktionary

RIFLING, noun. The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
RIFLING, noun. The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
RIFLING, noun. (card games) The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or your hand), controlling the speed and flow with your thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.
RIFLING, verb. Present participle of rifle

Dictionary definition

RIFLING, noun. The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm.

Wise words

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