Vierling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vierling is a noun meaning A long firearm with four barrels (typically two shotgun barrels and two rifle barrels).
Meaning
A long firearm with four barrels (typically two shotgun barrels and two rifle barrels).
Example Sentences
The vierling gun that Alan Tuck hunts with is truly a handcrafted work of art.
The Blaser D99 drilling can be custom made with two side-by-side shotgun barrels and a rifle barrel over them. Another variation on the multiple barrel shotgun is the vierling, which is the German word for quadruplet. A vierling has four barrels […]
2018, James Ballou, Arming for the Apocalypse: Assembling Your Survival Arsenal ... While You Still Can, Prepper Press […] three-barreled drillings, the two-barreled shotgun/rifle cape guns, and the four-barreled vierlings, which all featured some combination of rifle with shotgun barrels within the same gun.
Word Forms
- vierlings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include side-by-side, quadrivalve, double, vielbein, fourling, dupla.
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