Rifled
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rifled is an adjective meaning (firearms) Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
Meaning
(firearms) Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of rifle
Antonyms for rifled
Common opposites include smoothbore, unrifled.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grooving, mugged, robbed, winding, spiralized, gyratory.
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