What does rifling mean?
Rifling means (military) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel..
Rifling
/ˈɹaɪflɪŋ/ · noun
Meaning
(military) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel..
Definitions by Sense
- (military) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
- (military) 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.
- (card games) The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.
- present participle and gerund of rifle
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Word Forms
- riflings
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What is a synonym for rifling?
Common synonyms include grooving.
What is the opposite of rifling?
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How do you use rifling in a sentence?
Use rifling where its definition matches the intended context.
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