Backbore

Quick meaning: Backbore is a noun meaning The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.

Meaning

The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.

More Meanings

1. (firearms, transitive) To modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter.
2. (machining) To bore from the backside of a workpiece by using a boring tool that passes through one or more through holes, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), bores a feature on the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).

Example Sentences

More conical backbores give a richer tone, while more cylindrical ones give a brighter, more projected tone.

Word Forms

• backbores
• backboring
• backbored

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include afterbrow, back, midshank, midbark, back end, afterbody.

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